2026-02-22.1_T Bhatt - borders, boundaries, nationalism

“This book, much like my previous one, is ultimately a book about borders. It is about imaginary boundaries, constructed & treated as too real, by those who are too invested in policing their crossings. It is a bout feminism, and race, and colonialism, yes, but over and above everything it is about Nationalism – about the formation of communities whose interests you are assumed to stand for without question upon being inducted. It is about the violence and bloodshed it takes to maintain such lines in the sand, and about asking us all to consider: What will happen when we refuse to treat these boundaries as real?”

• Talia Bhatt, Brown/Trans/Les