The Poetics of Borderlands: Reflections on Oral Folk Poetry from Assam’s Barak Valley during Bangladesh Liberation War

In 1971, the civil war in the Pakistani state and consequent genocide in present Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) led to a great influx of refugees who were desperately crossing the porous borderlands of the eastern states of India. Despite the abject living conditions in the saturated refugee c...

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Main Author: Sushrita Acharjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The International Academic Forum 2023-08-01
Series:IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities
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Online Access:https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-arts-and-humanities/volume-10-issue-1/article-9/