About the Book: The Undocumented is a powerful narrative of migration, displacement, identity, and survival, following Safrat and her two children from the cyclone-ravaged Sundarbans of Bangladesh to Kolkata. After Cyclone Aila destroys their home and livelihood, they cross the border into India, forced to abandon names, faith, and identities to survive. Drawing on thirteen years of fieldwork in the fringes of a Kolkata slum, the book offers an intimate account of undocumented migration, border crossing, displacement, and the struggle to build a new life. A moving exploration of family, belonging, resilience, and human survival.