Sucharita Sen – författare

This book explores the philosophical and political roots of the United Bengal movement of 1947 that emerged as a final bid to keep the province united against Partition. Through Abul Hashim, one of its architects, it explores the idea of an independent Bengali nation in the years preceding Independence and examines the underlying tensions of the concept of a Muslim-led independent Bangalistaan and its repercussions on a sizeable Hindu minority. Focusing on Hashim’s writings and political contributions, this monograph highlights his vision of an aesthetic identity rooted within religious principles as well as civic ideals in a new united Bengal, where common law underwritten through religious ideals did not need to be necessarily opposed to western discourses of a modern state.A major, new intervention, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, especially the Partition, politics, and South Asian studies.

This book explores the philosophical and political roots of the United Bengal movement of 1947 that emerged as a final bid to keep the province united against Partition. Through Abul Hashim, one of its architects, it explores the idea of an independent Bengali nation in the years preceding Independence and examines the underlying tensions of the concept of a Muslim-led independent Bangalistaan and its repercussions on a sizeable Hindu minority. Focusing on Hashim’s writings and political contributions, this monograph highlights his vision of an aesthetic identity rooted within religious principles as well as civic ideals in a new united Bengal, where common law underwritten through religious ideals did not need to be necessarily opposed to western discourses of a modern state.A major, new intervention, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, especially the Partition, politics, and South Asian studies.

If you've ever wondered why some regions flourish while others are left behind — this book offers a new way to understand the answers.This book is about how economic processes unfold through space — and why it matters. It explores how the geography of economic activity shapes people's lives and contributes to the inequalities we see around us. From farmland to digital space, from rural–urban flows of people and resources to enclave-like spaces such as Special Economic Zones, Rethinking Economic Geography: Global Theories, Southern Pathways, and Indian Experience examines what globalisation means for the Global South, and for India in particular.The book introduces key ideas and theories from across the world — on relative location, flows of capital and labour, and what this means for development — but views them through India's own historical and everyday realities. How is India different? How do global theories fall short in explaining Indian realities? Bringing together spatial analysis, grounded evidence, and critical perspectives, it helps readers make sense of India's complex and uneven economic landscape.This textbook will be foundational reading for postgraduate students and an essential reference for undergraduate courses in geography, especially economic geography, development studies, economics, and Global South studies. It will also appeal to policy practitioners, planners, and engaged readers working on questions of regional inequality and development.

If you've ever wondered why some regions flourish while others are left behind — this book offers a new way to understand the answers.This book is about how economic processes unfold through space — and why it matters. It explores how the geography of economic activity shapes people's lives and contributes to the inequalities we see around us. From farmland to digital space, from rural–urban flows of people and resources to enclave-like spaces such as Special Economic Zones, Rethinking Economic Geography: Global Theories, Southern Pathways, and Indian Experience examines what globalisation means for the Global South, and for India in particular.The book introduces key ideas and theories from across the world — on relative location, flows of capital and labour, and what this means for development — but views them through India's own historical and everyday realities. How is India different? How do global theories fall short in explaining Indian realities? Bringing together spatial analysis, grounded evidence, and critical perspectives, it helps readers make sense of India's complex and uneven economic landscape.This textbook will be foundational reading for postgraduate students and an essential reference for undergraduate courses in geography, especially economic geography, development studies, economics, and Global South studies. It will also appeal to policy practitioners, planners, and engaged readers working on questions of regional inequality and development.

By studying major river basins in the region, such as Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Godavari and Krishna, the chapters highlight socio-economic, infrastructural, environmental and institutional aspects of water scarcity in South Asia and present best practices for improved sustainable water management and security in the region.

By studying major river basins in the region, such as Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Narmada, Godavari and Krishna, the chapters highlight socio-economic, infrastructural, environmental and institutional aspects of water scarcity in South Asia and present best practices for improved sustainable water management and security in the region.

This book analyses how developmental projects in a globalizing Delhi have brought about neglect, exclusion and alienation of certain sections of population, while benefiting others. It discusses the physical, economic and social displacement of people in the city in recent times, which has deprived them of their lands, livelihoods and access to health care. In Delhi and the National Capital Region, beyond the obvious and apparent image of wide roads, flyovers, the metro rail network, high-rises and glittering malls, globalization has brought about skewed and uneven development. A growing middle class and a significant group of an extremely rich section of population steer the ways in which development strategies are planned and implemented. Furthermore, with government control reducing as is inevitable and consistent with a neoliberal policy framework, private players have entered not only the consumer goods sector, but also basic goods and services such as agriculture, health and education.   This book explores the effects of such processes, with a specific focus on equity, on the marginalized sections of population in a globalizing megacity. It addresses the themes of land, livelihoods and health as overarching, drawing upon their interlinkages. It traces the changes in the growth of the city in context of these themes and draws inferences from their interconnectedness to examine the current situation of development in Delhi.