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Being Bengali : at home and in the world / edited by Mridula Nath Chakraborty.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge contemporary South Asia series ; 77Publication details: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.Description: xvii, 236 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415625883 (pbk)
  • 9780415788052 (hbk)
  • 9781315819112 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.89144 23
LOC classification:
  • DS432.B4 B44 2014
Other classification:
  • SOC008000
Summary: "Bengal has long been one of the key centres of civilisation and culture in the Indian subcontinent. However, Bengal identity - "Bengaliness" - is complicated by the fact that Bengal is now divided between India and Bangladesh, and by the fact that there is a very large international diaspora from both parts of Bengal. This book explores a wide range of issues connected with Bengali identity. Amongst other subjects, it considers the special problems arising as a result of the division of Bengal, and concludes by demonstrating that there are many factors which make for a single Bengal identity"--
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First Published 2014

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Bengal has long been one of the key centres of civilisation and culture in the Indian subcontinent. However, Bengal identity - "Bengaliness" - is complicated by the fact that Bengal is now divided between India and Bangladesh, and by the fact that there is a very large international diaspora from both parts of Bengal. This book explores a wide range of issues connected with Bengali identity. Amongst other subjects, it considers the special problems arising as a result of the division of Bengal, and concludes by demonstrating that there are many factors which make for a single Bengal identity"--

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