Reinventing The Watermill in the Himalayas: The Gharat in History, Tradition and Modern Development

Abhik Ghosh is a lecturer in social anthropology at Punjab University, Chandigarh. He holds an M. Sc. And Ph.D. in social anthropology from the University of Delhi. He has conducted his fieldwork in the Chotanagpur region of Jharkahand, West Bengal, Udaipur in Rajasthan Himachal Pradesh. To his credit are 30 publications in national journals and periodicals. He has authored two other books titled A Brief History of Anthropology (1994) and Meetings with the Other (1996). His major interests are symbolism, policy analysis, tribal studies, National security and ecological anthropology.