What I am going to say is without any proof or
experience in my part, but mostly hearsay and
deductions from Indian behavior.
Tin Bigha, the changing territory, itself is unique in
the world right now, and maybe in history. Which
means technically most people are stuck within all the
other enclaves. And when some of those enclaves are
an acre or less in area, it is a very small area
indeed. Obviously, it is hard to survive that way.
In most cases, what happens is that the people within
the enclaves go to the surrounding nation for their
needs. As not letting them could start a diplomatic
crisis and it would be too costly to guard individual
enclaves, it is tolerated. What is not tolerated is
if somebody from an enclave tries to cross the main
border towards the mainland. People try to cross
during the night sometimes, but if caught, they could
be punished. One of the oddest story about the
enclave was a person who had two wives. He took one
of his wives from a Bangladeshi enclave from
Bangladesh. Unfortunately, when he went back to get
the next, he got caught. Well, maybe that's why in
America polygamy is banned.
The bigger access problem is the utility situation.
Even though human beings across enclave borders are
tolerated, government aren't. This means electricity
or sewerage system stops at the border, as utilities
are government owned. Thus the living situation is
not as good as the rest of the nation.
Well, that is how the enclave area is. If it is
better or worse than the other enclave areas in the
world, it is anybody's guess.
Arif

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