Gorkhaland
Subtitle: crisis of statehood
By: Romit Bagchi
Publisher: Sage Publications India
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9788132107262
Subjects: Politics and government; Gurkhas; Interviews; Autonomy and independence movements; Ethnic relations; Nepalese; Political activists; Gorkha National Liberation Front; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Gorkhaland, A Psychological Study; title: Chronology of the Gorkhaland Movement; title: Part I. The Moving Trajectory; title: History and Assimilation; title: "Nepal" Factor in Gorkhaland Tangle; title: Evolution of Political Views; title: Subhash Ghising, Sixth Schedule and Caste; title: GJMM and Alliance Politics; title: Bengalis and Adivasis vis-à-vis the Gorkhaland Movement; title: Gandhism and Ethnic Paranoia; title: Subhash Ghising and Bimal Gurung vis-à-vis the Developing Hill Trajectory; title: GJMM on Downslide?; title: Solution through Talks?; title: Heading towards Crisis?; title: Madan Tamang's Assassination and Its Possible Impact on the Hill Politics; title: Part II. Shifting Scenes; title: Bandh-Boycott and GJMM; title: Dooars and GJMM; title: Opposition Consolidation and GJMM; title: Mamata and GJMM; title: Part III. Reflections; title: Black Darjeeling; title: Legends and Darjeeling; title: Darjeeling Beckons; title: Part IV. Views; title: Asok Bhattacharya; title: Subash Ghising; title: Gurudas Dasgupta; title: Sougata Roy; title: Dil Kumari Bhandari; title: Sirsendu Mukherjee; title: Kanu Sanyal; title: Debaprasad Kar; title: Birsha Tirkey; title: Siddhartha Shankar Ray; title: Bharati Tamang; title: Bimal Gurung; title: Epilogue: Incredible Revival; title: Appendices; title: Glossary.