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Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis

By: Kunal Chakrabarti,Shubhra Chakrabarti

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Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis

By: Kunal Chakrabarti,Shubhra Chakrabarti

The Bengali (Bangla) speaking people are located in the northeastern part of South Asia, particularly in Bangladesh and two states of India – West Bengal and Tripura. There are almost 246 million Bengalis at present, which makes them the fifth largest speech community in the world. Despite political and social divisions, they share a common literary and musical culture and several habits of daily existence which impart to them a distinct identity. The Bengalis are known for their political consciousness and cultural accomplishments The Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis provides an overview of the Bengalis across the world from the earliest Chalcolithic cultures to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 750 cross-referenced dictionary entries on politicians, educators and entrepreneurs, leaders of religious and secular institutions, writers, painters, actors and other cultural figures, and more generally, on the economy, education, political parties, religions, women and minorities, literature, art and architecture, music, cinema and other major sectors. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Bengalis.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810880245

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Caste, Marginalisation, and Resistance

The Politics of Identity of the Naths (Yogis) of Bengal and Assam

By: Kunal Debnath

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Caste, Marginalisation, and Resistance

The Politics of Identity of the Naths (Yogis) of Bengal and Assam

By: Kunal Debnath

The identity politics of the householder Naths (Yogis), on the one hand, is one of the oldest and most persistent identity assertions in Bengal and Assam. On the other, for an array of reasons, the identity assertion of the householder Naths of Bengal and Assam has failed to draw academic curiosity so far. Since the late nineteenth century, a segment of the Naths, largely educated and elite, has been crafting their identity as Brahman grounded on their “origin myth”, negotiating with the British colonial administration through different census enumerations, as well as internal social reforms. One of the primary reasons for their current lagging is that the Naths never politicised their identity and demands, and did not mobilise themselves in the democratic political arena.

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260

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BRILL

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9004689389

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Religious Process

The Puranas and the Making of a Regional Tradition (OIP)

By: Kunal Chakrabarti

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Religious Process

The Puranas and the Making of a Regional Tradition (OIP)

By: Kunal Chakrabarti

This book traces the evolution of a process of interaction between Brahmanism and the indigenous social groups of Bengal during the early medieval period. Following the logic of cultural negotiation implicit in the Puranas composed composed in Bengal, the book unravels a pattern that governed this relationship of recirpocity, contestation and domination. Two significant methodoligical issues have been addressed--the manner in which didactic Sanskritic texts can be read for the reconstruction of early Indian history and the application of anthropological models, such as great and little traditions, to such texts for a more comprehensive understanding of the Indian culture continuum. The book focuses on Bengal, but cultural negotiations refers to a fundamental civilizational pocess common to most regions in India, and as such has wider relevance.

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384

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199482543

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Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis

By: Kunal Chakrabarti,Shubhra Chakrabarti

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Paritosh Sen

In Retrospect

By: Manasij Majumdar,Paritosha Sena

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In Retrospect

By: Manasij Majumdar,Paritosha Sena

At 83, Paritosh Sen Towers Above Many Of His Contemporaries In The Rare Quality Of His Creative Personality Unwithered By Age And Exuding An Aura And Charisma That Are The Sterling Gifts Of His Experience. This Quality Comes Most Naturally To Nestle In Hi

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Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis

Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis

Caste, Marginalisation, and Resistance

Caste, Marginalisation, and Resistance

Religious Process

Religious Process

Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis

Historical Dictionary of the Bengalis

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