Humans on the run : of exiles and asylum / Kumar M. Tiku.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tiku, Kumar M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political refugees--Anecdotes.

Political refugees.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

xxi, 280 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Contents:

Afghanistan

Dreams Are Dreams p. 3

In Wilderness, I Lit a Lamp of Light Called School p. 13

Eritrea

All I Wanted Was to Play Football p. 29

India

Maybe the Birds Are Homeless Too p. 39

When Slow Death Followed Murder Most Foul p. 49

On the Run, I Filled Up My Empty Spaces Again p. 59

Iraq

I Hear the Yezidis Have Been Hounded Out Before p. 73

Living in a Camp Is Never Easy p. 81

Myanmar

Then a Storm Began to Brew p. 89

Pakistan

Grief and Mistrust Walk Hand in Hand p. 101

Sri Lanka

I Find It Hard to Heal Myself p. 113

As Bombs Rained, Life Changed in a Jiffy p. 123

South Sudan

Tell Them Not to Keep Me in the Camp p. 137

Syria

Who Do I Know Here? p. 147

I Crossed the Seas for My Brother p. 155

I Will Return to Rebuild My City p. 167

Beyond Successive Exiles ... p. 175

In a State of Weightiessness p. 189

She Believed in the Unity of Existence p. 201

Tibet

Mine to Keep the Hope Alive p. 213

I Don't Know If Freedom Exists p. 225

Across the Mountains, a Hope Called Home p. 233

Ukraine

I Have Nothing to Go Back To p. 243

Yemen

A Future Full of Question Marks p. 251

No Time or Will to Be of Help to Others p. 257.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Tiku, Kumar M. Humans on the run.

ISBN:

9780199484812

0199484813

OCLC:

1042910645

Publisher Number:

99980210862