DSpace Collection: SOCIAL TRENDS, Journal of the Department of Sociology of North Bengal UniversitySOCIAL TRENDS, Journal of the Department of Sociology of North Bengal Universityhttp://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/34912024-03-28T16:14:41Z2024-03-28T16:14:41ZChumki Piplai: Migration and Human Variation: A Study on Tribal Tea-Labourers. New Delhi: Mittal Publication, 2014, 209 pp., INR 750 (hb). ISBN 81-8324-460-2Khawas, Babikahttp://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/35332020-10-16T21:03:37Z2015-03-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Chumki Piplai: Migration and Human Variation: A Study on Tribal Tea-Labourers. New Delhi: Mittal Publication, 2014, 209 pp., INR 750 (hb). ISBN 81-8324-460-2
Authors: Khawas, Babika2015-03-01T00:00:00ZComment on the gurkha’s daughterChhetri, Kumarhttp://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/35322020-10-16T21:03:43Z2015-03-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Comment on the gurkha’s daughter
Authors: Chhetri, Kumar
Description: Although the British colonizers, anthropologist and administrators
have produced a bulk of ethnographic accounts, travelogues, military
accounts, and research papers there is no sufficient English literary
work which centers on the life of the Nepalis. The earlier available
works were either based on the life of Nepalis in Darjeeling or on the
Himalayan kingdom (Nepal), whereas the present work The Gurkha’s
Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly is unique in the sense that it engulfs
the life of the Nepalis both in Nepal and its Diasporas around the
world in eight short stories. Despite being fiction the stories carry the
social reality of everyday life experiences of the Nepali people and its
Diasporas.2015-03-01T00:00:00ZTracing the roots of missionary education in Darjeeling hillsSharma, Niyati Rekhahttp://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/35312020-10-16T21:03:42Z2015-03-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Tracing the roots of missionary education in Darjeeling hills
Authors: Sharma, Niyati Rekha
Description: This is a brief historical narrative on the Christian missionary
education in India, particularly in Darjeeling hills. The article
examines whether missionary education was an agent of
enlightenment, emancipation or as an instrument of colonial conquest.
The history of colonial/missionary education has been examined in
the light of Gramscian concept of ‘cultural hegemony’ and Althusser’s
concept of ‘ideological state apparatus’, highlighting the strategies
of the colonial governance. Darjeeling, a colonial enclave, more like a
private domain to the ruling race then, turned out to be a hunting
ground for the missionary, who, among other activities, played a
lead role in spreading Western education which continued to shape
post-colonial education not only in Darjeeling but in the rest of India.2015-03-01T00:00:00ZSpirituality, healing and scienceSarkar (Das), Mallarikahttp://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/35302020-10-16T21:03:36Z2015-03-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Spirituality, healing and science
Authors: Sarkar (Das), Mallarika
Description: A growing body of literature suggests a positive connection between
spirituality and physical health. Despite the strong research evidence
that spirituality and health are positively correlated, spirituality has
been regarded within mainstream medicine as largely irrelevant to
the work of clinical team. In keeping with the growing scientific interest
in spirituality and complementary treatments, this article attempts
to explore the interface of science, spirituality and healing. The present
article addresses the importance of the inclusion of the spiritual history
in order to bring about faster healing of the individuals.2015-03-01T00:00:00Z