| ID | 135802 |
| Title Proper | Regionalism in West Bengal |
| Other Title Information | a critical engagement |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chatterjee, Shibashis |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The central argument of the article is that West Bengal’s regionalism is a two level game. The state’s predominant regionalism is financial, set in antagonistic terms vis-à-vis the Centre. This financial or economic regionalism is paradigmatic to West Bengal. The tragedy of Partition; exceptional sensitivity to any prospect of further loss of territory; a sense of betrayal and helplessness; blaming others rather than engaging in critical introspection about its secular decline as a front ranking industrial state; and the political dominance of the middle class espousing a so called “bhadralok” identity are pivotal factors in explaining the relentless dynamics of West Bengal’s financial regionalism, regardless of the party in power. West Bengal has constructed a sub-textual identity raised on soft Bengali nationalism bereft of overt and exclusivist cultural markers. |
| `In' analytical Note | India Review Vol.13, No.4; Oct-Dec.2014: p.417-435 |
| Journal Source | India Review Vol: 13 No 4 |
| Standard Number | India |