FORTHCOMING
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FORTHCOMING
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 The
Torchbearers |
| The Torchbearers
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This book is a collection of Ranjan Bandyopadhyay's reports on rural Bengal, written from the field over a period of several years. Taken together, they tell a remarkably coherent story of the trends and changes that rural society has been facing. Focusing expecially on the lives of women, Bandyopadhyay writes with insight, sensitivity and realism of their agency and their disabilities. He ranges widely over Bengal from the southernmost jungles to the hills above Naxalbari, finding heroes, adventurers, activists, craftsmen and -women, maverick scholars and homegrown environmentalists. Entertaining as easily as he instructs, he takes us on a magical journey where there is much to celebrate, just as there is much to sorrow over. publishing details |
By Ranjan Bandyopadhyay
Journalist with the Bengali news daily Ananda Bazar Patrika, and writer |