Karatoya : North Bengal University journal of History, Vol. 17

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Editorials

On behalf of the Department of History, University of North Bengal, it is our privilege to present to the readers Volume 17 (2024) of the Karatoyā: North Bengal University Journal of History. The present volume has incorporated research papers covering a wide range of issues and from various sub-disciplines of History. The empirical works dealing with diverse spheres of identity politics, freedom movements, electoral politics, territorial struggles at the supra-local level, the study of sculptures, heritage, social history, ethnicity, sports history, women’s history, etc., have enriched its contents. The volume also includes three review articles. It is being published after all the articles have been refereed, peer reviewed and critically edited with the ISSN 2229-4880.

It is our solemn duty to express our deepest gratitude to our Honourable Vice Chancellor, Registrar, and Finance Officer for their generous concern for ‘Academic Endeavour’. We are also grateful to our colleagues in the Department of History for their warm encouragement and necessary cooperation for publishing this journal.

We are also thankful to all the contributors for providing valuable research papers. Finally, the officials and the staff of the North Bengal University Press deserve the heartiest thanks for their cooperation in printing the journal within a limited span of time.

 

Editors

Sudash Lama, Ph.D.

Dipsikha Acharya Ph.D.



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    Dissent and Articulation: Women’s Voices in the Kathāsaritsāgara
    (University of North Bengal, 2024) Salomi Rai
    One of the significant problems pertaining to women as agents of history is the deliberate silencing of their voices by the dominant patriarchal order. This voicelessness reduces them to being an ‘inarticulate’ persona, subsequently making them largely invisible in the historical records. The search for women’s voices, therefore, is a means of empowerment that represents a vital aspect of feminist theory and practices since the 1960s. Notwithstanding the rigorous attempts to silence them, there are instances of several exemplary women in the past who articulated against the biased societal set-up and gendered prejudices. The historical literary traditions of the Indian subcontinent are replete with references to such dissenting voices of women speaking for themselves against the patriarchal hegemony. These records of women are left hidden or neglected for a very long time, as history itself has always been male-centric, with the task of transmission and interpretation vested in men. Nevertheless, it is high time now that such voices be heard and recognized. This article thus seeks to bring out such women’s voices of dissent and articulation from Somadeva’s Kathāsaritsāgara, an eleventh-century text of Kashmir.
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    Forced Temperance or Self-Control? Understanding Gandhi’s idea of Prohibition and Its Relevance in Post-Independent India
    (University of North Bengal, 2024) Mondal, Amrita
    The Gandhian anti-liquor movement imprinted a long-lasting legacy on the Indian psyche. Despite the ingrained legacy of the Gandhian movement, alcoholism has become a major social problem. In independent India, several states implemented prohibition, but it was mostly unsuccessful because, on the one hand, the prohibition movement became a populist rather than a policy intervention to curb alcoholism, and on the other hand, the anti-liquor movements continued with their schematic assumption that complete prohibition is a foolproof solution to the existing liquor menace. However, the recurring issue of drinking and prohibition remains an unsolved social problem and a contentious issue that needs an informed and constructive debate. The present paper intervenes in the debate by exploring the Gandhian idea of temperance and tracing its relevance in the present scenario.