India’s Bangladesh Problem: The Marginalization of Bengali Muslims in Neoliberal Times

The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center presents a book talk by Navine Murshid of Colgate University. 

Murshid will read excerpts from her book to highlight the key claims she makes regarding Bangladesh-India relations, neoliberalism and how they participate in the marginalization of Bengali Muslims in India. Key in the mechanism she identifies is the conflation between Indian Bengali Muslims and Bangladeshis that produces a constant “other.” In this discussion, Murshid will pay particular attention to the fieldwork she conducted in the Bangladesh-India borderlands to show how identity there is liminal and fluid, in contrast to the hardened identities politicians attribute to them. 

Navine Murshid is an associate professor of political science at Colgate University. She is the author of “The Politics of Refugees in South Asia” and “India’s Bangladesh Problem.” Her current research is on Rabindrik sensibilities and cultural nationalism in contemporary Bangladesh. 

This event is co-sponsored by the Political Science Department.