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Bangladesh turmoil upends lives in border village

The political turmoil in Bangladesh and the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina regime have led to a high alert across the India-Bangladesh border

Published on: Aug 14, 2024, 10:11:53 IST

By Prawesh Lama, Nekkipara (New Jalpaiguri)

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Mohammed Aminul’s bedroom is in India but cattle shed in Bangladesh. His neighbour, Yahid Rahman’s house is in India, except for the kitchen which is in Bangladesh.

Residents such as Aminul and Yahid do their household chores shuttling between the two countries. (Representative file photo)

Both live in Nekkipara, a village on the outskirts of North Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri district. It is different from the around 200 villages that are in so-called no man’s land along the 4096.7 km-long India-Bangladesh border. It is one of only two villages (Haripukur in Uttar Dinajpir district is another) through which the

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

...Read MorePrawesh Lama, an Associate Editor at Hindustan Times with nearly two decades of frontline reporting experience across India’s conflict zones, border regions, and disaster-hit areas. He writes on internal security, insurgency, the Northeast, and Left-wing extremism and has reported from India’s hinterland and some of the most sensitive and strategically critical regions. Read Less

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