List of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. I. Introduction 1: The ‘Outsider’ Within: Emerging Politics of Citizenship in India II. Statelessness: Emotions and Anxieties 2: Citizenship Question in Transnational Context: Literary Perspectives 3: Cities of Refuge, Republics of Char: Stateless in South Asia 4: Miya Poetry: Poetics, Politics and Polemics III. Persistent Fault Lines: The Unique Case of Assam 5: Post-Colonial Modes of Nation Making: The Politics of Disowning Citizens 6: Legislating Anxiety: The History of Citizenship Conundrum in Post-colonial Assam 7: Citizenship in the Fabric of Hindu Nationalism in Assam 8: From ‘Filthy Migrants’ to Khilonjiya Musalmaan: The Saga of Citizenship Question in Assam IV. Tracing Lived Experiences: The Curious Case of West Bengal 9: Disaggregating the "Anti-Immigrant Consensus": Party–Community Relations and the Politics of Citizenship in Contemporary West Bengal 10: Muslims Between Citizenship and Media Bias: Insights From Anti-CAA Protest Sites 11:‘Rights’, ‘Lived Worlds’ and Citizenship: The Case of Kolkata’s Muslims V. The Citizenship Question: Borders and Border-Crossings 12: 'To Be or Not to Be': Tibetans and the Question of Citizenship 13: Citizenship Dilemmas of the Nepalis(ese) of Darjeeling Hills and Beyond 14: Border and Belonging: Historicizing the Question of Indigeneity and Citizenship in Manipur 15: Between Legality and Illegality: Citizenship and the Chakmas in North-East India. Index.