Introduction: Gorkhaland, A Psychological Study --
Chronology of the Gorkhaland Movement --
Part I. The Moving Trajectory --
History and Assimilation --
"Nepal" Factor in Gorkhaland Tangle --
Evolution of Political Views --
Subhash Ghising, Sixth Schedule and Caste --
GJMM and Alliance Politics --
Bengalis and Adivasis vis-à-vis the Gorkhaland Movement --
Gandhism and Ethnic Paranoia --
Subhash Ghising and Bimal Gurung vis-à-vis the Developing Hill Trajectory --
GJMM on Downslide? --
Solution through Talks? --
Heading towards Crisis? --
Madan Tamang's Assassination and Its Possible Impact on the Hill Politics --
Part II. Shifting Scenes --
Bandh-Boycott and GJMM --
Dooars and GJMM --
Opposition Consolidation and GJMM --
Mamata and GJMM --
Part III. Reflections --
Black Darjeeling --
Legends and Darjeeling --
Darjeeling Beckons --
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.

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