Thinking of Migration through Caste: Reading Oral Narratives of ‘Displaced Person(s)’ from East Pakistan (1950-1970)

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This paper studies the 1947 Partition of India, more specifically the Partition of Bengal, which took place along with the Independence of India and Pakistan. Discourses around the Partition— an event of enduring socio-political significance —  have  predominantly focused on the moment of rupture that compelled individuals as well as their families to cross the Radcliffe Line1  in search of a distant land touted as the safe haven. The word ‘safe’ here is loaded with significance.