Historian Explores Citizenship, Migration, and Decolonization's Unfinished Work

After World War II, many people moved between countries in Asia.

But new laws made it hard for them to become citizens.

Historian Kalyani Ramnath studies these stories.

She looks at how people were affected by citizenship rules.

Many faced challenges with documents and rights.

The history of this period, from the 1940s to the 1960s, is like the start of debates we are still having today.

It reminds us of how the past affects us now.

It shows us how some people got left out or were treated unfairly, and that some issues are still not resolved.