Report from the Flaming Fields of Bihar

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Category : Bihar (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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On peasant uprisings; brought out by the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).

Report from the Flaming Fields of Bihar

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Category : Bihar (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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On peasant uprisings; brought out by the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).

From Popular Movements to Rebellion

From Popular Movements to Rebellion PDF Author: Ranabir Samaddar
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429648979
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413

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From Popular Movements to Rebellion: The Naxalite Decade argues that without an understanding of the popular sources of the rebellion of that time, the age of the Naxalite revolt will remain beyond our understanding. Many of the chapters of the book bring out for the first time unknown peasant heroes and heroines of that era, analyses the nature of the urban revolt, and shows how the urban revolt of that time anticipated street protests and occupy movements that were to shake the world forty-fifty years later. This is a moving and poignant book. Some of the essays are deeply reflective about why the movement failed and was at the end alienated. Ranabir Samaddar says that, the Naxalite Movement has been denied a history. The book also carries six powerful short stories written during the Naxalite Decade and which are palpably true to life of the times. The book has some rare photographs and ends with newspaper clippings from the period. As a study of rebellious politics in post-Independent India, this volume with its focus on West Bengal and Bihar will stand out as an exceptional history of contemporary times. From Popular Movements to Rebellion: The Naxalite Decade will be of enormous relevance to students and scholars of history, politics, sociology and culture, and journalists and political and social activists at large. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Bihar and Mithila

Bihar and Mithila PDF Author: J. Albert Rorabacher
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351997572
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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The world has become obsessed with the Western notions of progress, development, and globalization, the latter a form of human and economic homogenization. These processes, through the aegis of the United Nations, are comparatively monitored. Those nations deemed to be ‘lagging behind’ are then provided with foreign aid and developmental assistance. For nearly seventy years, India has sought its place in this global endeavour; yet, even today, abject poverty and backwardness can be observed in districts in almost every state; with the highest concentration of such districts found in the state of Bihar and a cultural enclave, known as Mithila. Development in India has been elusive because it is difficult to define; and because the Western concepts of development and progress have no absolute equivalents within many non-Western settings. As a consequence, development programmes often fail because they are unable to ask the right questions, but equally important is the political economy derived from foreign aid. For politicians, there is no long-term benefit to be derived from successful development. In general, foreign aid only serves to corrupt governments and politicians and, in the end, does very little for those who need help. The struggling states of Bihar and Mithila serve as extreme examples of India‘s problems. Development here has been thwarted by a hereditary landed aristocracy supported by religion, casteism, custom, social stratification, tradition, and patterns of behaviour that can be traced back millennia. In turn, all these have been masterfully manipulated by co-opted politicians, who have turned politics into a veritable art form as this volume comprehensively demonstrates.

Participatory Development

Participatory Development PDF Author: Ponna Wignaraja
Publisher: United Nations University Press
ISBN: 9780195774153
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Tackling the problems of Third World development from a different perspective, this study offers a new approach in which people at the grass roots level in South Asia become both the subjects and the objects of a participatory process of development designed to improve living conditions.

Community Warriors

Community Warriors PDF Author: Ashwani Kumar
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843317095
Category : Bihar (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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A thorough and cogent analysis of society, politics and violence in the Indian state of Bihar.

Transforming India

Transforming India PDF Author: Sumantra Bose
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 067472819X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 349

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A nation of 1.25 billion, India is the world's most diverse democracy. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork and experience of Indian politics, Sumantra Bose tells the story of democracy's evolution in India since the 1950s and describes the challenges it faces today: from poverty and inequality to Maoist revolutionaries and Kashmir secessionists.

Action Sociology and Development

Action Sociology and Development PDF Author: Bindeshwar Pathak
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788170223191
Category : Action theory
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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The seventeen papers in this volume, presented at two seminars, one held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and the other held at Layalpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, attempt to examine the various dimensions of economic reforms in India. Addressing the issues pertaining to infrastructural development and institutional reforms, they deal with globalisation, trade and investment. They also analyse the impact of economic reforms on employment, poverty and regional disparities. The book will be of great interest to policy makers, researchers, academicians and businessmen alike.

State and the People

State and the People PDF Author: Lakshmeshwar Dayal
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170997023
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Radicalism & Violence in Agrarian Structure

Radicalism & Violence in Agrarian Structure PDF Author: Brajdeo Narayan Prasad
Publisher:
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Category : Bihar (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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Windows into a Revolution

Windows into a Revolution PDF Author: Alpa Shah
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351381814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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Windows into a Revolution edited by Alpa Shah and Judith Pettigrew, the first book in the series offers glimpses into the spread of Maoism in India and Nepal by tracing some of its effects on the lives of ordinary people living amidst the revolutions. Weaving through the nostalgic reflections of former Bengali Naxalites; the resurgence of ancestral conflicts in the spread of the Maoists in the remote hills of western Nepal; the disillusionments of dalits of central Bihar in the policies of the cadres; to the complexities of the interrelationship between non-aligned civilians and insurgents in central Nepal, the book offers a series of windows into different stages of mobilization and transformation into what are, were or may become, revolutionary strongholds. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka