How Long to Read Caste and Partition in Bengal

How Long Does it Take to Read Caste and Partition in Bengal?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 59 minutes to read Caste and Partition in Bengal by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The book seeks to situate caste as a discursive category in the discussion of Partition in Bengal. In conventional narratives of Partition, the role of the Dalit or the Scheduled Castes is either completely ignored or mentioned in passing. The authors addresse this discursive absence and argues that in Bengal the Dalits were neither passive onlookers nor accidental victims of Partition politics and violence, which ruptured their unity and weakened their political autonomy. They were the worst victims of Partition. When the Dalit peasants of Eastern Bengal began to migrate to India after 1950, they were seen as the 'burden' of a frail economy of West Bengal, and the Indian state did not provide them with a proper rehabilitation package. They were first segregated in fenced refugee camps where life was unbearable, and then dispersed to other parts of India - first to the Andaman Islands and the neighbouring states, and then to the inhospitable terrains of Dandakaranya, where they could be used as cheap labour for various development projects. This book looks critically at their participation in Partition politics, the reasons for their migration three years after Partition, their insufferable life and struggles in the refugee camps, their negotiations with caste and gender identities in these new environments, their organized protests against camp maladministration, and finally their satyagraha campaigns against the Indian state's refugee dispersal policy. This book looks at how refugee politics impacted Dalit identity and protest movements in post-Partition West Bengal.

How long is Caste and Partition in Bengal?

Caste and Partition in Bengal by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay is 289 pages long, and a total of 74,851 words.

This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Caste and Partition in Bengal Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read Caste and Partition in Bengal aloud.

What Reading Level is Caste and Partition in Bengal?

Caste and Partition in Bengal is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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