This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the Rohingya people across South and Southeast Asia, focusing on the often-overlooked experiences of over 1.2 million Rohingya (apart from over half a million living in Myanmar and 1.3 million in Bangladesh) residing in SAARC and ASEAN countries, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. It addresses the ongoing fear of further genocidal attacks among those still in Rakhine State and delves into the complex political dynamics and regional responses to the crisis. The book discusses the post-2017 realities of these refugees, exploring their survival strategies, coping mechanisms, and aspirations for a better future. It presents the current conditions faced by the Rohingya, including identity crises, educational challenges, social integration issues, discrimination, and citizenship dilemmas in Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. By illuminating their experiences, it highlights the resilience of the Rohingya, their struggles with scarcity and discrimination, and their unwavering hope for a better future, providing an essential foundation for understanding their complex realities.

Nasir Uddin is a Cultural Anthropologist and a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chittagong.

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Nasir Uddin (Ph.D.) is a cultural anthropologist based in Bangladesh and a professor of anthropology at the University of Chittagong. Uddin held Visiting Scholar/Visiting Fellow/Visiting Professor positions at several globally leading universities and institutes including Harvard University (USA), Oxford University (UK), the University of Sydney (Australia), the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS, UK), the London School of Economics (LSE, UK), Johns Hopkins University (USA), East-West Center, Washington DC (USA), Heidelberg University (Germany), VU University Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Ruhr University Bochum (Germany), Delhi School of Economics at Delhi University (India), the University of Hull (UK), and Kyoto University (Japan). Uddin is known for his theory of "subhuman" life, which is widely discussed in the area of scholarship on refugees, migrants, non-citizens, asylum seekers, stateless people, IDPs, and forcibly displaced people.