This book aims to examine the various aspects of the tea smallholdings of Assam. Discussing the contexts, space as well as the constraints, it analyses how the tea smallholdings in Assam are now placed to usher the tea sector as in a vibrant and dominant production mode. Further assessing the performance of the estate sector tea plantations of Assam over the past few decades, it explores what has gone wrong on policy and managerial fronts forcing the sector to ...
Colonialism, Language and Politics: Origins of the Language Dispute In Assam
This is a detailed study of the politics of language in nineteenth-century Assam. It examines the concept of politics of language referring to working of the politics of language in India to provide a general background. It throws light on the Assamese language prior to the arrival of the British in Assam. It delves into the adoption of the Bengali language after British rule was established, probing the role of the Assamese scholars, a section of Assamese people ...
Ethnic Conflict in Assam: Garo-Rabha Ethnic Violence
This book seeks to study the various aspects of ethnic violence in Assam, with special reference to the conflict between Garo and Rabha communities. It tries to understand the socio-economic challenges of household recovery in a conflict affected area in terms of occupation, education, access to services, community assets, local institutions and social networks. It also studies the nature of NGO intervention in the riot affected area such as cash for work, ...
The volume takes up issues relating to culture, ethnicity and identity focusing on the North-east region of India to understand its concerns, ambivalences, negotiations and trepidations. The essays deal with constructions and representation of the ethnic communities, examining ethnic narratives and articulation of ethnic consciousness. They study the literature of the region, delving into the quest for identity as reflected in poetry, act of translating folk ...