Gorkhaland : crisis of statehood /
Romit Bagchi.
- New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications India, 2012.
- xxiv, 447 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 434-437) and index.
Introduction: Gorkhaland, A Psychological Study -- Chronology of the Gorkhaland Movement -- Part I. The Moving Trajectory -- History and Assimilation -- "Nepal" Factor in Gorkhaland Tangle -- Evolution of Political Views -- Subhash Ghising, Sixth Schedule and Caste -- GJMM and Alliance Politics -- Bengalis and Adivasis vis-à-vis the Gorkhaland Movement -- Gandhism and Ethnic Paranoia -- Subhash Ghising and Bimal Gurung vis-à-vis the Developing Hill Trajectory -- GJMM on Downslide? -- Solution through Talks? -- Heading towards Crisis? -- Madan Tamang's Assassination and Its Possible Impact on the Hill Politics -- Part II. Shifting Scenes -- Bandh-Boycott and GJMM -- Dooars and GJMM -- Opposition Consolidation and GJMM -- Mamata and GJMM -- Part III. Reflections -- Black Darjeeling -- Legends and Darjeeling -- Darjeeling Beckons -- Part IV. Views -- Asok Bhattacharya -- Subash Ghising -- Gurudas Dasgupta -- Sougata Roy -- Dil Kumari Bhandari -- Sirsendu Mukherjee -- Kanu Sanyal -- Debaprasad Kar -- Birsha Tirkey -- Siddhartha Shankar Ray -- Bharati Tamang -- Bimal Gurung -- Epilogue: Incredible Revival -- Appendices -- Glossary.
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Gorkha National Liberation Front.
Nepali people--Politics and government.--India--Darjeeling (District) Gorkha (South Asian people)--Politics and government.--India--Darjeeling (District) Political activists--India--Darjeeling (District)--Interviews.
Darjeeling (India : District)--Politics and government. Darjeeling (India : District)--History--Autonomy and independence movements. Darjeeling (India : District)--Ethnic relations.