num_pages: 225
description: The Northeast border region of India is a crossroads of Southeast Asia where India meets China and the Himalayas and home to many ethnic minorities from across the continent. The area is also the birthplace of a number of secessionist and insurgent movements and a hotbed of political fervor and violent instability. In this trailblazing new study Duncan McDuie-Ra observes the everyday lives of the thousands of men and women who leave the region every year to work study and find refuge in Delhi. He examines how new migrants navigate the rampant racism harassment and even violence they face upon their arrival in Delhi. But McDuie-Ra does not paint them simply as victims of the city but also as contributors to Delhis vibrant community and increasing cosmopolitanism. Indias embrace of globalization has created employment opportunities for Northeast migrants in many capitalistic enterprises: shopping malls restaurants and call centers. They have been able to create their own map of Delhi and their own communities within the larger and often unfriendly one of the metropolis. 
language: None
title: Northeast Migrants in Delhi: Race, Refuge and Retail
publisher: Amsterdam University Press