Blisters on their feet : tales of internally displaced persons in India's North East / edited by Samir Kumar Das.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Das, Samir Kumar, 1961-

Class of 1953 Fund.

Series:

Sage studies on India's north east

Sage studies on India's North East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internally displaced persons--India, Northeastern--Social conditions.

Internally displaced persons.

Internally displaced persons--Government policy--India, Northeastern.

Social conflict--India, Northeastern.

Social conflict.

Economic development--India, Northeastern.

Economic development.

Government policy.

Social conditions.

Northeastern India.

Physical Description:

347 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi, India ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2008.

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive study on India's North East where violence, development and natural disasters that lead to eviction and displacement of 'citizens' within a country produce more Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) than refugees. Dwelling upon this debate, the book discusses the two major sources of displacement, conflict and development, and presents a compendium of case studies drawn from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Tripura-the four worst-affected states of the region. The Introduction to the book highlights the silenced aspects of displacement, drawing upon the implications of the case studies presented and bringing them to the centre of any future theoretical enquiry into the society and politics of the region.

Blisters on their Feet: Tales of Internally Displaced Persons in India's North East provides contrasting perspectives on what is often considered a simple answer to displacement and views the phenomenon as a logical culmination of a package of policies initiated and undertaken in the region, particularly in the age of globalization. The case studies display rare insight, human rights sensitivity and commitment, sans any theoretical pretensions.

The book serves as a useful key in placing the North East in the newly emergent discourse on displacement and brings it to the forefront of the public agenda. It offers important insights for policy makers and analysts, research scholars, human rights activists, lawyers, developmental specialists, students and socially concerned citizens.

Contents:

Socio-economic portents of displacement of indigenous peoples / P. K. Mondal & M. C. Behera

Proposed Subansiri Hydel project : a case study of potential displacement / Timo Riba

Displacement and refugee issue in Arunachal Pradesh / P. K. Panigrahi

A case study of the Sulungs (Puroiks) / Sristidhar Dutta & Tana Showren

Internally displaced persons of Changlang district / K.O. Sebastian

Environment-induced IDPs : an appraisal / Nazmin Banu Islam

Riverbank erosion affected people in the Kamrup district / Aparna Goswami & Baneswar Das

Erosion-induced displacement in Nagaon, Morigaon, Barpeta, Dhubri and Goalpara districts / Jyotirmay Jana

Conflict and displacement : a case study of the election violence in 1983 / Makiko Kimura

The displaced Santhals of Western Assam / Biswajit Chakrabarty

IDPs of Western Assam : a study of conflict-induced displacement / Subhas Barman

Nobody's people : Muslim IDPs of Western Assam / Uddipana Goswami

The displaced Reangs of Hailakandi district / Abdul Mannan Mazumder & Bornali Bhattacharjee

Kuki-Naga conflict and its impact on the Zeliangrong people / K. Gailangam

A study of ethnic conflicts in the Hills, 1992-93 / Ksh. Bimola Devi

IDPs of Manipur Hills / Koijam Shethajit

A case study of the May 1993 riot victims of Purum Pangaltabi / S. Mangi Singh

A note on the internally displaced persons / R. K. Ranjan Singh

IDPs and the problems of their education / L. Leiren Singh

Internally displaced persons in Tripura : past and present / Mahadev Chakravarti

Development and development : a case study of the IDPs / Satyadeo Poddar

Gumti Hydel project and the displaced persons / Malaya Banerjee

Landownership and occupational patterns of IDPs (1999-2001) : a case study / Ruma Sahu & Amitabha Sinha

Internal displacement : a man-made tragedy / Sukhendu Debbarma

The case of Urabari Mohanpur block / Chandrika Basu Majumdar

Birth of a problem / Sudhir Kumar Singh & Sristidhar Dutta

Paradigm of development : a critique / Deepak Mishra

Waiting for elusive resettlement and rehabilitation? / Monirul Hussain

Challenges ahead / Subir Bhaumik

Development, displacement and the right to life / Walter Fernandes & Sanjay Barbora.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9780761936534

076193653X

9788178298191

8178298198

OCLC:

191846955