Gorkhaland [electronic resource] : crisis of statehood / Romit Bagchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagchi, Romit, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gorkha National Liberation Front.

Nepali people--India--Darjeeling (District)--Politics and government.

Nepali people.

Gorkha (South Asian people)--India--Darjeeling (District)--Politics and government.

Gorkha (South Asian people).

Political activists--India--Darjeeling (District)--Interviews.

Political activists.

Darjeeling (India : District)--Politics and government.

Darjeeling (India : District).

Darjeeling (India : District)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Darjeeling (India : District)--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications India, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gorkhaland is an attempt by a journalist to unravel the various layers of the ongoing crisis in the Darjeeling hills, where the Nepali-speaking community is locked in a political struggle with the state of Bengal, of which it is a part. The author endeavours to delve into the deeper recesses of the psyche of the Gorkha community settled in these restive hills and attempts to put the prevailing stereotypes under a subjective scanner. The author approaches the century-old tangle from four perspectives: the history of the region, the problem of assimilation of the various ethnic groups, the cours

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Gorkhaland-A Psychological Study; Chronology of the Gorkhaland Movement; PART I: The Moving Trajectory; 1 - History and Assimilation; 2 - 'NEPAL' Factor in Gorkhaland Tangle; 3 - Evolution of Political Views; 4 - Subash Ghising,Sixth Schedule and Cast; 5 - GJMM and Alliance Politics; 6 - Bengalis and Adivasis vis-a-vis the Gorkhaland Movement; 7 - Gandhism and Ethnic Paranoia; 8 - Subash Ghising and Bimal Gurung vis-a-vis the Developing Hill Trajectory; 9 - GJMM on Downslide?; 10 - Solution through Talks?; 11 - Heading towards Crisis?

12 - Madan Tamang's Assassination and Its Possible Impact on the Hill PoliticsPART II: Shifting Scenes; 13 - Bandh-Boycott and GJMM; 14 - Dooars and GJMM; 15 - Opposition Consolidation and GJMM; 16 - Mamata and GJMM; PART III: Reflections; 17 - Black Darjeeling; 18 - Legends and Darjeeling; 19 - Darjeeling Becknos; PART IV: Views; Asok Bhattacharya; Subash Ghising; Gurudas Dasgupta; Sougata Roy; Dil Kumari Bhandari; Sirsendu Mukherjee; Kanu Sanyal; Debaprasad Kar; Birsha Tirkey; Siddhartha Shankar Ray; Bharati Tamang; Bimal Gurung; Epilogue: Incredible Revival; Appendices; Glossary

BibliographyIndex; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

81-321-1680-1

1-283-57549-3

9786613887948

81-321-0997-X

OCLC:

808375340