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PB S/A/W by Others No. 40
III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
v) West Bengal, 1973-2014
1989
Bengal’s history in 1930s and 40s: Includes research papers by Poromesh Acharya and Dwaipayan Sen, titled ‘Education and Communal Politics in Bengal: A Case Study’ and ‘Representation, Education and Agrarian Reform: Jogendranath Mandal and nature of Scheduled Caste politics, 1937-1943’, respectively
Bengal; Education; Communal Politics; Agrarian Reform
English
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PB S/A/W by Others No. 41
III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
v) West Bengal, 1973-2014
1989
Caste, gender, refugees and politics in West Bengal: Includes writings by Jnanabrata Bhattacharya, Kumari Jayawardena, Ross Mallick, Dwaipayan Bhattacharya, Anjan Ghosh, Glyn Williams, Balmurli Natrajan and others on topics such as, ‘The Left and Feminism’, ‘Refugee Resettlement in Forest Reserves: West Bengal Policy Reversal and the Marichjhapi Massacre’, ‘Cast(e) out in Bengal’, ‘Understanding ‘political stability’: party action and political discourse in West Bengal’, ‘Politics of Rehabilitation: Struggle of the Lower Caste Refugees in West Bengal’, etc.
Caste; gender; refugee; politics; West Bengal
English
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PB S/A/W by Others No. 42
III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
v) West Bengal, 1973-2014
1991
Preventive Detention and Political prisoners: Includes writings by A.G. Noorani and Gautam Navlakha titled, ‘Preventive Detention in India’ and ‘Repressive role of the police.’ Also, includes an APDR (Association for Protection of Democratic Rights) publication titled, ‘Stop State Repression on Political Opposition: Release all persons detained for political activities and a brief update from Bandi Mukti Committee, West Bengal on ‘Political Prisoners in West Bengal’
Preventive Detention; Political prisoners
English
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PB S/A/W by Others No. 43
III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
v) West Bengal, 1973-2014
1992
Democracy and capitalism: Includes writings by Patrick Heller, Ian Shapiro & Casino Hacker-Cordon (Editors), Peter Mayer, David Chandler, Pranab Bardhan, Thomas B. Edsall, Barry Gills and Adam Przeworski on topics such as, ‘Degrees of Democracy: Some Comparative lessons from India’, ‘Democracy’s Value’, ‘Human Development and Civic Community in India: Making Democracy Perform’, ‘Challenges for a Minimum Social Democracy in India’, ‘Social Democracy as a Historical Phenomenon’ etc. Also, includes abstracts of papers from a conference on ‘Democracies in South Asia and the Role of the Left’
Democracy; capitalism
English
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PB S/A/W by Others No. 44
III. Speeches/ Articles/ Writings by Others, 1963-2015
v) West Bengal, 1973-2014
28 November 1998
Assam: Writings by Manoj Anand, Badal Sanyal and Sangita Mehta on the Ogden Energy and Assam State Electricity Board deal. The titles of the articles are, ‘New Turn to Ogden Ordeal in Assam’, ‘Ogden Energy says it might exit Assam power project’, ‘Ogden plans big for India-Assam unit being taken on lease’, and ‘US firm to run Assam power board; Ogden Energy inks 20- year lease deal for generation business’
Assam
English
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