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Over the past decade several studies have focused on how people have lived through partition and its aftermath. Many others have added regional insights into different dimensions of its enduring legacies. This significant book seeks to widen partition studies by looking at an unwritten strand of the subcontinental partition diaspora that folded into the South Asian diaspora in a staggered sort of way, and by detailing how partition persists in the lives of its ...
Papiya Ghosh, an avid researcher of the history of colonial and modern India, had an endearing presence among her fellow historians and the academic community. Bringing together for the first time essays written over the last three decades, this book showcases her analytical insights, nuanced understanding, and empirical rigour. Community and Nation is a tribute to the versatility and intensity of a committed historian whose efforts helped put Bihar on the ...
This book is a full-length study of the civil disobedience movement covering the whole of Bihar and is based on the Doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Delhi. Surveying the political scene in Bihar before the launch of the civil disobedience movement, Papiya examines the strength and weaknesses of the Bihar Congress and its mobilization efforts. Top national and provincial leaders had undertaken extensive tours of different parts of the province to ...