Hello everyone,

I've just joined the int-boundaries list so a few words about myself.

I'm a journalist based in Calcutta, India, currently reporting for The 
Telegraph newspaper. I've just returned from assignment in Kargil, on the 
Line of Control in Kashmir between India and Pakistan, where the two nations 
waged a limited war over the last two months.

My interest in borders and boundaries owes itself to large number of 
disputes that India seems to be embroiled in. In my immediate vicinity is 
the land border with Bangladesh that is largely undemarcated on the ground 
-- I believe because it was haphazardly drawn -- when the country was 
partitioned in 1947. Apart from the problem of "illegal immigration" that 
Indian authorities complain of, there is also the peculiarity of Indian 
enclaves in Bangladesh and Bangladeshi enclaves in India. Hundreds of 
thousands of people who live in these enclaves find themselves without 
citizenship rights of either country.

I would be happy to share experiences, know experts and exchange views on 
border disputes particularly in the context of South Asia.

all the best,
Sujan




>From: "Martin Pratt" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: int-boundaries list
>Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 11:27:23 +0100
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>Dear fellow int-bounder,
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>Thank you for joining the int-boundaries e-mail forum. I trust that you 
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>international
>boundaries. Not only is it interesting to learn about the range of
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>bring together people with common interests who might otherwise remain
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>hearing
>from you.
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>
>m a r t i n
>
>Martin Pratt, listowner
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