• Mr. Chaitanya majumdar

Borderlands are not merely lines on maps but lived spaces marked by overlapping sovereignties, regulatory regimes, and competing notions of security. For communities inhabiting these margins, livelihood is deeply shaped by border governance, militarization, and exclusionary development policies. While borderlands are often imagined as spaces of threat and infiltration but they are simultaneously spaces of vibrant economic activity, cross-cultural exchange, and resilience. This article explores the precarious conditions under which borderland populations secure their livelihoods, with the focus on South Asia, and highlights how state security priorities often marginalized human security. It argues that instability is not incidental but structurally produced by the intersection of borders, state practices, and global political economy.

Murshidabad, Bengal Borderland, Border Security Force (BSF), livelihood, sovereignty, precarity, informal economy, migration, fencing, citizenship.

"Livelihood and Precarity in Bengal’s Borderlands: Security and Everyday Survival in Murshidabad", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no.e946-e950, February-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202522.pdf

"Livelihood and Precarity in Bengal’s Borderlands: Security and Everyday Survival in Murshidabad", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 2, page no. ppe946-e950, February-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2202522.pdf