| Srl | Item |
| 1 |
ID:
155427
|
|
|
|
|
| Publication |
New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2017.
|
| Description |
xiv, 317p.hbk
|
| Standard Number |
9780199476411
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copies: C:1/I:0,R:0,Q:0
Circulation
| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 059207 | 305.8914126/SHA 059207 | Main | On Shelf | General | |
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
ID:
152996
|
|
|
|
|
| Summary/Abstract |
Abstract
Hindu nationalists made migration from Bangladesh an election campaign in West Bengal during the 1990s. Although there were various allegations against Bangladeshi migration, it never became a mainstream political issue in the state, like in neighbouring Assam. West Bengal shares the longest border with Bangladesh, compared to any other Indian state, and hosts a large number of Bangladeshi migrants, according to the Census reports in India. West Bengal and Bangladesh share a common ethnicity, both are predominantly Bengali. Can this shared Bengaliness explain why Bangladeshi migration did not become a divisive political issue in the state? If this sameness is a bonding factor, what about the Ghoti-Bangal differences? Drawn from in-depth interviews with the representatives of West Bengal’s key civil society organisations and political parties, I argue that a particular historical and cultural process, unique to West Bengal and Bangladesh, has shaped the current attitude towards Bangladeshi migrants in the state.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|