Land, People and Power : an Anthropological Study of Emerging Mega City of New Town, Rajarhat

About The Book:-In the last couple of years India witnessed strong peasant unrest over the issue of land acquisition. West Bengal also came in the news headlines over the issue. Acquisition of land, particularly of wet land including fertile cultivable land for various projects often ousted the poor peasants from their livelihood. Rajarhat is one such area where thousands of hectares of wet land and agricultural land have been acquisitioned to develop a mega city. People protested but their voice was ruthlessly shattered. Against the State power they could not succeed. Anthropological Survey of India probed into the situation from purely academic point of view and came out with untold truth, the saga of land losers. Rajarhat also witnessed the violation of environmental policy. The vast wet land, which was the oxygen producer for the city of Kolkata, has been filled up for the realty development. The book certainly adds some important dimensions related to the study of development. About The Author:- Kakali Chakrabarty, is an anthropologist by profession. She explored varied fields of anthropological interest like women studies, regionalism, folk tradition, cultural syncretism and so on. She has a number of publications in reputed journals and books. She has one book and a number ofedited books in her credit. Krishna Mandai, is exposed to a vast area of research in different parts of India including Andaman Islands. She worked under various National projects like People of India, Traditional Knowledge System, and village studies and so on and has a good number of publications in her credit. K.M. Sinha Roy is an anthropologist by profession with specialization in Social/Cultural Anthropology. He has done empirical research among the tribes and non-tribal communities of India including Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Sikkim. He has several published papers in his credit. Janak Kumari Shrivastava is Psychologist by training. She has a number of research publications in journals of repute. She is one of the members of Editorial Board in 'Uttar Pradesh Journal of Social Science'. Sudhansu Gangopadhyay, specialized in the discipline of Geography, he contributed effectively in various projects on eco-cultural Anthropology. He did extensive field work in North-East India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands. He has a number of research papers in his credit and he co-authored two books. Asok Kumar Mukhopadhyay a linguist by training undertook empirical researches even in remote areas including Andaman & Nicobar Islands. He is coauthored The Language of the Shompen of Great Nicobar: A PreliminaryAppraisal. Sumitabha Chakraborty is actively involved in empirical studies. He undertook research among the Jarawa, Nicobarese and Shompen tribes of Andaman and Nicobar islands. He has published nearly 15 articles in variousjournals ofrepute. Rapti Pan is a Research Fellow in Anthropological Survey ofIndia. She has publications in national and international journals. Content:- CONTENTS:- Foreword 7 Preface 9 Acknowledgements 13 1. Introduction 15 2. Land and People 31 3. Process of Land Acquisition in Rajarhat 73 4. The Story of Land Losers: People’s Voice 103 5. Diminution of Wet-land and Loss of Aquatic Bio-diversity 137 6. Mental State: A Psychological Analysis 151 7. Development: Conflicting Scenario 171 8. Summary and Observations 191 9. Concluding Remarks 213 10. Addendum 219 Appendices 231 Index 429 The Title 'Land, People and Power : an Anthropological Study of Emerging Mega City of New Town, Rajarhat written/authored/edited by Kakali Chakrabarty, Krishna Mandal, Janak Kumari Srivastava, Sudhansu Gangopadhyay, Asok Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Sumitabha Chakrabarty, Rapti Pan, K.M. Sinha Roy', published in the year 2015. The ISBN 9788121212588 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 440 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Anthropology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-