Indian villagers enter Bangladesh through the Akhaura Indo-Bangladesh border post in Agartala, capital of Tripura. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
The newly constructed unfenced portion of the Masalabari border outpost along the Indo-Bangladesh international border in Dhubri district of Assam. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
The Indian tricolour at the Dumabari area along the India-Bangladesh international border in Karimganj district of Assam. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
The first "Border Haat (market)" on the India-Bangladesh international border in Kalaichar in Meghalaya, in 2011. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
The Border marker no.1275 in Meghalaya. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
Border Security Force personnel check an Indian farmer as he makes his way back from his agricultural field in the no man's land along the India-Bangladesh international border in Sonaghat, Dhubri district, Assam. The majority of the farmers living along the Indo-Bangladesh border have more agricultural land on the Bangladesh side due to the border fencing raised between the two countries more than 15 years ago. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
Bangladeshi boats collect sand from the Umgrot River on the border in Dawki, Meghalaya. The Umgrot forms the boundary between the two countries. Boats in their hundreds collect sand from the river and transport it to Sylhet, 40 km away from the Dawki border, in Bangladesh. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
The BSF keeps a record of villagers living in Angrail village near the border. Photo: Devesh Pandey
Indian villagers come across from the Bangladesh side after a day of agricultural work as BSF personnel patrol the Lanka Pura border outpost on the outskirts of Agartala city. Photo: Ritu Raj Konwar
Indians and Bangladeshis mingle freely during the Durga Visarjan ritual in the Ichamati river in Taki, West Bengal. Photo: Shantanu Das.
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