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The book tells the untold story of a pioneering anthropologist in India who at the best remained not more than a conscientious teacher and meticulous ethnographer and at worst simply forgotten. Each chapter of the book unfolds a plethora of thrilling facts and enchanting analyses of the contributions of T.C.Das which traces the trajectory of Das' works through time without missing its historical context. The book sets an example of serious biographical research ...
This book attempts to examine the various dimensions of development--caused displacement in West Bengal under the Left Front Government. Centring around land acquisition by the government for industrial projects and its adverse impacts on the peasants, it makes an in-depth study of the policy dimensions of land acquisition and its administrative procedures. Besides describing the socio-economic and political consequence of land acquisition, it documents the ...