The Story We Think We Know

The Undocumented is a work of narrative non-fiction that follows a Bangladeshi family who crossed into India without papers in 2009, and the life they built since. This conversation, based on the book, explore migration: why people leave, what they encounter on arrival, and what it means to build a life where your presence can be questioned. The panel will also discuss the invisible work of telling someone else’s story.

Amid love, survival, loss, and the constant uncertainty of being undocumented, the book looks past the labels to uncover the lives underneath; beyond the politics of…