NO LAND'S PEOPLE Hardcover

"NO LAND'S PEOPLE: The Untold Story of Assam's NRC Crisis" by Abhishek Saha offers a deeply researched and personal account of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam, an unprecedented attempt to establish the Indian citizenship of the state's 33 million residents. This book delves into the complex blend of history, politics, law, and human rights that characterizes the NRC process, particularly focusing on the nearly 1.9 million applicants left out of the final list who risk statelessness. Saha documents the unfolding humanitarian crisis, juxtaposing the technical and legal intricacies of the exercise with the profound human cost, highlighting the stories of ordinary people caught in this labyrinthine system and exploring the arbitrary and often devastating judgments that have left families broken and lives in limbo.