The Great Land Swap
Three years after India and Bangladesh exchanged exclaves to simplify the world's most complex border, many who chose to move rather than to change their citizenship find that their prospects are not what they'd hoped.
Robin Hemley is the author of 12 books of fiction and non-fiction and the winner of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, three Pushcart Prizes, and a residency at the Bellagio Center in Lake Como, Italy.
Three years after India and Bangladesh exchanged exclaves to simplify the world's most complex border, many who chose to move rather than to change their citizenship find that their prospects are not what they'd hoped.