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and abrupt. Often such representations are floated superficially,
highlighting only the ‘event-oriented’ manifestations, without
addressing the root causes. This practice is based on an arbitrary
assumption that the audience fast lose interest in specific issues of
forced migration and that “there is no market for
It beyond a certain point”. This in turn enforces discursive
closure.
South Asia is a site for many instances of forced migration. But the
mainstream media being what it is on the question of media taking
greater cognizance of such a vital issue mere reliance on its “good
sense” is not a pragmatic and adequate approach. There is greater need
to be pro-active in communicative act--- both in terms of generating
extra-media human communication in the form of critical dialogues and in
terms of strengthening the media communication, especially the largely
underestimated local and alternative media, to exert pressure on the
mainstream media to put forced migration in its agenda more
systematically.
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Name of the Participants
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Country
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Review Assignment
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Term Paper
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James Khakshi (M)
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Bangladesh
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G
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B
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Uttam Kumar Das (M)
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Bangladesh
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F
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C
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Ashirbani Dutta (F)
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India
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F
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D
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Suranjana Ganguly (F)
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India
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F
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C
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Name of the Participants
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Country
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Review Assignment
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Term Paper
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Tarangini Sriraman (F)
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India
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F
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D
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Geetisha Dasgupta (F)
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India
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F
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A
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Sanam Roohi (F)
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India
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G
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A
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Ishita Dey (F)
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India
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G
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D
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M.S. Yadav (M)
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India
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G
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B
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Radha Adhikari (F)
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Nepal
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G
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B
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Anita Ghimire (F)
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Nepal
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G
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D
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Laxmi Shrestha (F)
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Nepal
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F
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B
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Marini de Livera (F)
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Sri Lanka
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G
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C
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Sriram Haridas (M)
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Sri Lanka
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G
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C
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Walid Kenzari (M)
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Belgium
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F
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C
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Tiina Kanninen (F)
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Finland
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G
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C
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Magdalena Sikora (F)
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Poland
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G
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D
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Barbara Keller (F)
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Switzerland
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F
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A
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Elizabeth Williams (F)
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UK
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F
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B
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Elizabeth Snyder
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USA
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G
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B
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