: crisis of statehood Romit Bagchi creator Romit Bagchi text ;Nepali people -- India -- Darjeeling (District) -- Politics and government. New Delhi : Sage Publications India , 2012 monographic eng

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xxiv, 447 pages ;22 cm. 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 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. /Romit Bagchi History 954.14 BAG 9788132107262 190718 20190718101827.0