Introduction
PART I: LANDSCAPES OF POLICING
1. Policing Everyday Life on a Border
2. Militarism and Everyday Peace: Gender, Labor, and Policing across "Civil-Military" Terrains
PART II: POLICING AND THE FAMILY
3. Policing Muslim Marriage: The Specter of the "Bengali" Wife
4. Blood and Water: The "Bengali" Wife and Close-Kin Marriage among Muslims
5. The Work of Belonging: Citizenship and Social Capital across the Thar Desert
Conclusion

Farhana Ibrahim is Professor of Sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. She is author of Settlers, Saints and Sovereigns.