Nepalis without Nepal: Migration, Livelihood and Identity
Year: 2015
Tanka Subba
Vice-Chancellor, Sikkim University
The lecture deals with the three inter-related concepts of migration, livelihood and identity from the perspective of the Nepalis without Nepal, located mainly in India’s Northeast. It tries to show how their identity as migrants from Nepal has been a bane for them in India’s Northeast, how it influences their orientation towards Nepal and India, and how it affects their livelihood pursuits in the latter country.