• Shanti Priya Gogoi

Migration is not a new phenomenon, neither in case of Assam or other parts of the world. Human history is a history of migration. Time and again people have migrated from place to place and settled down to form civilizations. The movement of people from one place to the other continues till date. The difference is that earlier the movements were not restricted but presence of physical borders in the modern times has restricted the movements to a great extent. However, in case of Assam of North-east India and neighbouring Bangladesh, when boundaries are not permanent and keeps changing constantly due to the floods and displacing hundreds and thousands of families every year, movement and settlement becomes more complicated and challenging. There are historical and geographical evidence of rivers and tributaries around these borders changing courses which in turn changes the geographical boundaries of the region. Migration, in this case, if considered only from the political discourses detached from geographical phenomenon and social consequences that follow would be too narrow an analysis. However, the question is then who gets to decide which side these displaced people should be settling aftermath of any natural remapping? How does one reconfigure the geographical maps and re-draw boundaries? Amongst all these contestations, who will listen to the plight of the people being actually affected in the process? To understand all these questions, if not possibly answer, we must carefully go through the history of migration in North-east India and Bangladesh from a more comprehensive and multi-dimensional way. Along with political and social causes, which are of utmost importance, environmental and cultural dimensions are to be studied with careful observation.

The Unspoken Prospects of Migration in Assam and Bangladesh: The need to speak of the least spoken forces and some unattended realities

"The Unspoken Prospects of Migration in Assam and Bangladesh: The need to speak of the least spoken forces and some unattended realities", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.250-255, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811C84.pdf

"The Unspoken Prospects of Migration in Assam and Bangladesh: The need to speak of the least spoken forces and some unattended realities", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp250-255, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811C84.pdf