Based on direct observation and primary local perspectives, this article examines experiences of cross-border movements in the borderland between Meghalaya and Bangladesh. It shows that the Indo-Bangladesh border is indeed an international border, but remains extremely porous for local people, with wide-ranging implications that raise theoretical issues about notions of ‘border’, but also prompt serious questions about local development, safety, security and citizenship in these peripheral borderlands.

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梅加拉亚邦的印孟边境问题

本文基于直接观察和主要当地观点，考察了梅加拉亚邦和孟加拉国边境地区的跨境流动经验。它表明印孟边界确实是一条国际边界，但对当地人来说仍然存在漏洞，具有广泛的影响，引发了有关“边界”概念的理论问题，但也引发了有关当地发展、安全和安保的严重问题以及这些边缘地区的公民身份。