Silent Departure : A Study of Contemporary Tribal Predicament in Bengal Duars

Contents: Acknowledgement. Introduction. 1. Introducing Bengal-Duars. 2. The tribal perspective. 3. Tribal development : the field survey. 4. Summing up. 5. Epilogue. Select bibliography.

"Silent Departure : a study of contemporary tribal predicament in Bengal-Duars deals with the predicament of tribal peasants of the most interesting region of West Bengal tribal galaxy, \'Bengal-Duars\'.

The central focus of the book is to address tribal issues relevant to the socio-economic development on the basis of field survey.

While analyzing socio-economic achievements of the people, it brings vivid intra-society comparative studies in respect of community, class, village-setting etc.

The book, through its wide ranging micro-level primary data, portray marginalization of the tribals, even in a slowly-urbanising region like sub-Himalayan Bengal." (jacket)