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Acknowledgment.-Chapter 1: Search for Home: An Introduction.-1.1Displacement, Home, and Belonging: the Sri Lankan context -- Displacement in the island: causes and outcomes -- Conceptualizing "Home": a review -- Researching Home: Displaced persons worldwide -- Ur as the native village -- Belonging and its different forms -- Conceptualizing Attachment as a theoretical framework -- 1.2 Research Methodology -- Access to the field -- Documentation of research and methods -- Ethical considerations in the field -- 1.3 Structure of the book -- Chapter 2: Migration Research in the island: An overview of internal and international displacement -- 2.1 Historical development: civil war and migration in the island -- The war: an analysis -- 2.2 Sri Lankan Tamils and migration: an overview -- Migration causes to migration outcomes: Island-wide misery or contentment? -- Migration to Tamil Nadu: Life as a refugee in India -- Migrating to Australia: a better life? -- 2.3 Post-war scenario: Impact of the war -- Jaffna, a Tamil homeland: The IDPs at peace? -- Reconstruction and Development: role of governmental and non-governmental agencies -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Shifting notions of Ur/home: narratives from Sri Lanka -- 3.1 Shifting meanings of Ur: different tales to tell -- Time, socio-economic needs and aspirations to the good life -- Father versus son: conceptualizing Ur from two different age groups -- The idea of home changed with time: Shaliny's story -- Ur as a prison: Padmini's accounts -- Ur as a source of income: regaining lost status -- 3.2 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 4: Home or Ur: Changing meanings for the refugees in Tamil Nadu, India -- 4.1 Ur in Sri Lanka and home in India: Elderly refugees' narratives on home -- 4.2 Ur as a strange place: the changed idea of home among the others -- 4.3 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 5: Attachment, detachment or both: voices of the displaced -- 5.1 Attachment to Ur: (actual) return to get related with memories and people -- 5.2 Attachment to Ur: (actual) return to get connected with broken memories -- 5.3 Attachment to Ur: nostalgia and ambivalence -- 5.4 From attachment to detachment -- 5.5 Detachment/ non-attachment -- Attachment and its contrasting images -- 5.6 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 6: The Tamil Ur -- 6.1 Discussing Ur -- 6.2 'Home' versus 'Ur' -- 6.3 Relating the two concepts: 'Ur' and 'Attachment' -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: an outlook -- 7.1 Home and Attachment: the varied meanings -- 7.3 Post-war development: ideas and visions -- 7.4 On the road to recovery: Tamil diaspora as investors -- 7.5 What the future holds: Fate of the displaced persons -- Bibliography -- Appendix.

Singapore has had a dramatic spike in coronavirus infections in early 2020, with thousands of new cases linked to clusters in migrant workers (MWs) dormitories. To control the spread, the Government attempted to isolate the dormitories, test workers and move symptomatic patients into quarantine facilities. But those measures have left thousands of them trapped in their dormitories, living in cramped conditions that make social distancing near impossible. This paper investigates how COVID-19 has impacted the lives of these workers in varied ways and highlights the migrant workers' belief if Singapore's effort has been enough for them during the COVID-19 pandemic? The focus is mainly on the low-skilled workers from India and Bangladesh, who are prone to be affected in various ways by COVID-19. My collected data show that migrant workers are grateful to the Singapore state for the support extended during COVID-19. I used the concept of subcultures to explain the condition of the workers in the state of Singapore. Because they expect so little social protection from the state, they are genuinely grateful for its support during the pandemic.

Introduction by Amit Ranjan and Diotima Chattoraj -- Section One: Crossing Internal and International Borders -- Chapter 1: Migration, Displacement and Agency in North-East India: A New Outlook by Randhir Gogoi -- Chapter 2: Migration from North-East India since the 1990s: Ethnopolitical Issues and Economic Development Perspectives by Avijit Mistri -- Chapter 3: Bangladeshi Immigration into West Bengal: A Qualitative Study by Sumana Das and Md. Anisujjaman -- Section Two: Movements for Homeland -- Chapter 4: Rohingya Migrants in Bangladesh and India by Amit Ranjan -- Chapter 5: The Nexus Between Indo-Nepal Migration and Trafficking in Persons by Sadikshya Bhattarai, Sudeshna Thapa, and Jeevan Baniya -- Chapter 6: "Ura Uvie"- my home-it belongs to me: Meaning making and transitions in the quest for the Naga homeland by Dr. Kaustubh Deka -- Chapter 7: Armed Conflict in Manipur by Seram Rojesh Chapter 8: Decoding Bodo Peace Accord 2020: Political Expediency vs. Enduring Ethnic Solution by V. Bijukumar -- Chapter 9: Nepali Speakers of West Bengal, Politics of Self-Rule, and Political Elites by Abi Narayan Chamlagai -- Chapter 10: Migration, Ethnic Conflicts and Negotiations in the Darjeeling Himalayas by Sudip Khasnobish, Chanchal Adhikary and Chanchal Mandal -- Section 3: Defining Self and Others in Eastern South Asia -- Chapter 11: Koch Rajbanshis and the Kamatapur Movement: Competition over Local Resources by Samujjal Ray -- Chapter 12: Madhesi Movement in Nepal by Lalita Kaundinya Bashyal and Keshav Bashyal -- Chapter 13: The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord: Hope and Reality by Fardaus Ara and Md Mostafizur Rahman Khan -- Conclusion by Amit Ranjan and Diotima Chattoraj.

Delving into the past and present of various secessionist movements in Northeast India, political conflict in Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, a political movement for autonomy in Darjeeling hills in Eastern India, and the Rohingya migration crisis affecting India and Bangladesh, this book examines the volatile co-existence of competing population groups in Eastern South Asia. Through the conceptual lens of the 'home' and feeling of 'homeland' in Eastern South Asia, the authors seek answers to three complex but interrelated questions: why is Eastern South Asia facing so many political movements and conflicts? How have the political movements affected the region and people? Why is the number of migrants in this region so high? Answers to these questions are vital to those studying South Asia and interested in understanding this region.

The concept of "exposure to migration" helped us understand family dimensions, such as the role of members who remained behind, especially wives, changing gender roles, and changing exposure to remittances. However, most existing migration studies have not examined whether exposure to migration has anything to do with gender dynamics. This has often resulted in women or wives playing a subordinate role in contemporary discourse on gendered migration. Because they have very little to do with remittances compared to male family members, their role in the family is viewed critically by their male counterparts. This research is based on interviews with women from a selection of countries in Asia. Based on the analytical framework of "exposure to migration", this study contends that the degree of exposure to migration for women depends on the country's social and cultural milieu. In many cases, this exposure also leads to marital problems and family complications.

The 2017 persecution of the Rohingyas resulted in around a million Rohingyas fleeing to Bangladesh, India and Malaysia. This book investigates the complex challenges of managing the large-scale refugee exodus in Bangladesh and how best to resolve these challenges in the future.

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Shaker and Shaper of the World -- Contextualizing the Pandemic in the Migration Domain -- COVID-19: An Amplifier of Existing Inequalities -- Vaccine Diplomacy and the COVID-19 Pandemic -- The Pandemic, Disparity, and Southeast Asia -- Are we in the Endgame? Lessons Learned.