Nilamber Chhetri, The Politics of Ethnic Renewal in Darjeeling: Gorkhas and the struggle for tribal recognition
Ethnic identity takes many forms in the Darjeeling hills. Beneath the Gorkhaland movement, which occupies most of the headlines, are stirrings of various other identity politics through which communities are preparing themselves for cultural survival and sociopolitical success in the 21st century....
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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
2025
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| Dostęp online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Streszczenie: | Ethnic identity takes many forms in the Darjeeling hills. Beneath the Gorkhaland movement, which occupies most of the headlines, are stirrings of various other identity politics through which communities are preparing themselves for cultural survival and sociopolitical success in the 21st century. Whether enacted under the banner of Gorkha, tribal or other identities, these efforts are inexorably bound up in India’s forms of multicultural governance, even as they connect to broader regional ... |
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