Borders as belonging and home
Reimagining security through a Gandhian framework
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12653334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rityusha Mani Tiwary (0000-0003-1984-2884, University of Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | National Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1460-8944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9907 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14608944.2026.2647983 |
| OpenAlex | W7141523195 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Borders have conventionally been understood as territorial demarcations that emphasise separation, control, and exclusion, thereby subsuming questions of belonging and home under the rubric of national security. In this statist framing, intricate patterns of perceived vulnerability and threat take precedence over the lived claims of people who inhabit border spaces. Whether their presence is temporary or indefinite, their political, economic, and social claims, are often rendered suspect or illegible because they appear to undermine the logic of national security. This article offers a theoretical intervention by rethinking borders through a Gandhian framework. Drawing on Gandhi’s relational ideas of swaraj (self-rule), ahimsa (non-violence), sarvodaya (welfare of all), decentralisation, and the metaphor of the oceanic circle, the paper develops an account of security that is grounded in relational belonging rather than territorial exclusivity. It argues that these Gandhian concepts enable a shift from borders as sites of sovereign defence to borders as potential spaces of home, care, and coexistence. A Gandhian lens provides a coherent vocabulary to reconcile security with people’s claims over borders as belonging and home, and to articulate a relational security of belonging that foregrounds individuals, communities, and the nation without collapsing them into one another.
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