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Conceived as a festschrift in honour of Alice Thorner, this collection of original essays by prominent scholars from around the globe has a vast canvass. What binds the volume together is that all the contributors reflect on diverse issues which are seminal to the thinking of social science in India. Specific themes range from discussions of peasantry and the formation of new classes to climate and famine; from nationalism and shifting identities to modernity, ...
In this book, the trauma of the Partition in Eastern India is discussed explicitly in a way that has not happened before. Drawing upon interviews with women who were uprooted from old East Bengal, on diaries, memoirs and creative literature, the editors lift the veil of silence that has surrounded the Bengal Partition of 1947. The lack of overt public discourse has meant that people outside Bengal have tendeedto believe that the impact was very much less on the ...
The issue of the status of women in society has been a matter of intense scrutiny and debate all over the world. This is equally true of India, an essentially patriarchal society, where the goal of equality between men and women is actually guaranteed by the country's constitution. Despite this, there remains a great deal to be done to secure women's equal status in Indian society, especially when it comes to deprived or neglected groups. This important and ...
