ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on experiences of home-making and regrounding of mobile subjects of women and men on the uniquely mobile environment of the charlands in lower Bengal. It explores the Livelihood experience of women living on chars located in a small area of the lower Damodar valley in the Indian part of the Bengal Delta. The chapter underlines the feminine experiences of the habitus in rebuilding the homes' post-displacement. It shows that the sense of place and placelessness are also intricately connected in the perceptions of the Bangladeshi Hindus who come to live on the charlands. The chapter explores the significance that gender adds to the problematic of cross-border displacement and shows that post-migration responsibility falls mostly on women, who also face increased burdens in the absence of familiar contacts established back home. It enlightens in understanding gendered processes of migration as well as in the survival techniques the women adopt to eke out a living in face of vulnerability.
