Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04235-3 - Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal Dayabati Roy Index More information Index above-ceiling land, 36, 52, 110, 216 asprishya sudra caste, 199 above the poverty line (APL), 146 autonomous domain of subaltern con- Abu-Lughod, Lila, 237, 241, 251 sciousness, concept of, 10 addas, 22–23, 201, 205 auto-vans, 90 Adivasipara, 62, 86, 145 auxiliary group (AG), in CPI(M) party par- habitation space in, 108 lance, 77 landless people in, 63 tube well existence in, 146 Bagdi caste, 57 adivasis (tribal), 109, 111, 113–116 participation in CPI(M) party, 112 Agarwal, Bina, 219 Bagdipara hamlet, in Kadampur village, 67 agricultural labourers habitations of, 68 grievances in Kalipur village, 196 primary school newly built structure, 68 wages, growth of, 32, 151, 247 bajras, 54 agriculture, in West Bengal Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957), 39 annual growth rate between 1983–84 Bamunpara, 104 and 1991–92, 141 Bandyopadhyay, D., 29 Arun Kole’s views on development of, Bandyopadhyay, Krishna, 226–227 141 Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar, 27, 34, 36–38, 40– scenario of, 30–32 42, 45, 112, 160, 191 tenancy reform effect on, 33–34 Banerjee, Mamata, 164, 167, 189 Ahammad, 89, 118–119, 121, 136–137 Banerjee, Mukulika, 145 All Bengal Primary Teachers Association Banerjee, Pranab, 109 (ABPTA), 75, 137–138 Bardhan, Pranab, 2, 41 All India Krishak Sabha (AIKS), 48, 52. bargadars/sharecroppers, in West Bengal, See also Communist Party of India (Marx- 33, 36–37, 186, 191 ist) CPI(M) among SCs and STs, 38 Alm, Bjorn, 91, 96, 135 conditions under West Bengal Land anganwadi. See Integrated Child Develop- Reforms Act 1955, 195 ment Scheme (ICDS) and CPI(M) party, 143–145 Anthropological Survey of India, 197 eviction of land by, 39 Anthropologists, in post-colonial period, 20 of Kadampur village, 67 anti-land acquisition movement, 17 position in land acquisition, 170 leadership of, 167 rights of, 160 against Tata car project, 160–167 barga lands, 140, 144, 244 Appadurai, Arjun, 237, 250, 253 baroloks (the rich), 109 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04235-3 - Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal Dayabati Roy Index More information 270 | Index baro neta (an important leader), 92 47, 74–76, 142–143, 150, 192, 235, 240, baudi (sister-in-law), 99 243, 251–253 bazar, 125. See also ganja Chattopadhyay, Raghabendra, 42, 98 below the poverty line (BPL), 86, 146 chhotoloks, 87, 100, 197, 238–239 Indira Awaas Yojana for, 181–182 civil society, 12, 156 ration cards, 61, 71 class and CPI(M) party, 136–140 benami lands, 36, 207, 216 collective enterprise, 110 Beneficiary committees, of CPI(M), 81 colonial history, study of, 10 bhadraloks, 87, 100, 197, 239 communist government, of West Bengal, 1 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 113 Communist Party of India (CPI), 52–53 Bhattacharya, Buddhadeb, 157 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Bhattacharya, Harihar, 1, 45, 48–49, 85, 92, CPI(M), 25, 49, 64, 75, 89, 112, 203 107, 253 and bargadars, 143–145 Bhattacharya, Moitree, 1, 14, 44–45, 50, benefits distribution and, 151–155 85–86, 106, 217, 253 elections and social groups, 145–148 Bhattacharya, Rabindranath, 168 and ethnicity, 75–77 Bhattacharyya, Dwaipayan, 1–2, 5, 46–48, interim parliamentary elections in 1971, 75, 134, 136–137, 245–246, 248, 250 52 Bhawmik, S.K., 33 and its control, 122–126 bidroha, 9 and its faction, 126–129 Birla company, 162, 176 Krishak Sabha of, 48 Biswas, Ranjita, 24 literacy mission implementation, politi- Block Development Office (BDO), 161, cal aim behind, 98 164 objectives of, 44 boro crop, 32–34 Pakhi Murmu’s decision to again join, Bose, Pradip Kumar, 214 113 Branch committee, of CPI(M), 80, 88, 245 and panchayat, 96–98 Brown, Jennifer, 221 panchayat benefits distribution, 46 burimatala, 62 party members of, 136–137 and politics of land acquisition, 168–172 caste(s) responsible for loss of interest in PRIs, 45 and CPI(M) party, 136–140 support to peasant movement, 47 and labour, 194–197 Tata Motors car project, in West Bengal and power, 206–209 (see Tata Motors small car project, in and social hierarchy West Bengal) in Kadampur village, 203–206 Communist Party of India–Marxist–Leninist in Kalipur village, 197–203 (CPI-ML), 226 Cernea, M.M., 177, 252 community, in rural spaces, 244–250 Chakrabarty, Samir, 96–, 97, 153 Congress party, 40 chashas (the cultivators), 201 dominance in Chatterjee, Naru, 74–75, 77, 92, 123, 136, 1962 assembly elections, 52 139, 146, 152 Hooghly district of post-colonial Chatterjee, Partha, 2–3, 5–6, 10–13, 15–16, period, 52 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04235-3 - Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal Dayabati Roy Index More information Index | 271 food crisis in 1960s due to monopoly of, 30 Dhara, Dhiren, 177–178, 189–190 jotedar–landlord combination support from, Dhara, Niren, 190, 192 47 Dhar, Anup, 24 Mahishyas caste support to, 207 dharma, 113 Pakhi Murmu’s decision not to join, 113 Dharmashastra, 196 contemporary regime of power in India, dhing, 9 characteristics of, 11 didimani (mistress), 102 Corbridge, Stuart, 46, 92, 98, 106, 253 displacement, 5 crisis of governability, 107 Domes caste, 62 cultivation seasons, in West Bengal, 78 Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, 220 Custers, Peter, 216, 226 Duflo, Esther, 42, 98 Dules caste, 57 Da Costa, Dia, 165 Durga puja festival, 62 Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) Durgapur Expressway, 66 project, 55 Dutta, Manoj, 77, 123, 135, 147, 151, 202, Das Choudhury, Sujata, 221 211 Dasgupta, Abhijit, 2, 119, 122 Duyker, Edward, 243 Dasgupta, Rajarshi, 122 Das, Jagannath, 158 Early History of Ceylon (G.C. Mendis), 66 Das, Kalpana, 122, 131 East India Company, 11 Das, Kanika, 180 economic changes, 8 Das, Nirmal, 88, 122–123, 136–137 economy, of West Bengal Daspara hamlet, in Kadampur village agricultural labourers, increase in rate Mahishya houses in, 68 of, 30 origin of name, 67 basic household amenities, 28 Das, Subimal, 170–171 electrification facility, slow growth of, Das, Tarak, 92 28–29 decentralization, 78–84 growth rate of SDP between 1993–94 democratic, 1, 3, 7 and 2000–01, 27 impact on West Bengal, 19 landholding distribution pattern, 29–30 rural, 17 NSSO survey on employment condi- and VEC, 93–96 tions, 28 democratic process, in India, 5, 11 proportion of main male workers, de- Democratic Youth Federation of India creasing rate of, 28 (DYFI), 115, 118, 123 proportion of population below the pov- developmentled dispossession, 5 erty line in 1999–2000, 28 Dhaniakhali Thana Committee, 153 educated youths and its leaders, 132–135 Dhaniakhali Thana Cooperative Agricul- elite and subaltern domains, complex rela- tural Marketing Society Limited, 89, 153 tionship between, 10 Dhaniakhali village, in West Bengal Elster, Jon, 186 ethnographic research in, 21 Emergency rule of Congress, 52 Food for Work scheme utilization by, 97 Employment Assurance Scheme, 46 tribal people population in, 248 empowerment, of lower castes, 210–213 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-04235-3 - Rural Politics in India: Political Stratification and Governance in West Bengal Dayabati Roy Index More information 272 | Index Estate Acquisition Act (EAA) 1953, 36 mandatory to conduct gram sansad (vil- ethnicity and CPI(M), 75–77 lage council) meetings, 43 ethnographic methods of enquiry, 18–20, number and percentage of won uncon- 24 tested, 45 ethnoscapes, meaning of, 250 seats as per landholding size class, 41 share of women and SCs–STs in total fituri, 9 seats, 41 Floud Commission Report, 191 with women and SCs–STs pradhans, 42 food crisis gram sabha, 11, 14, 42 in mid-1960s, 30 gram sansad (village council), 43–44, 82, peasants mobilization for food from 85–93, 210 government, 52 Gramsci, Antonio, 8, 10 Food for Work scheme, 97 Gram Unnayan Samiti, 40. See also Village foodgrain production Development Committee (VDC) growth of, 31–32 Green Revolution technology, 11, 30–31, stagnation, causes of, 34–35 34 Forward Block (FB), 52–53, 151 Guha, Abhijit, 162, 177 Foucault, Michel, 15, 17, 46, 240, 253 Guha, Ramachandra, 223 Guha, Ranajit, 9, 110–111, 115, 223 Ganatantrik Mahila Samiti (Democratic Guide committee, of CPI(M), 81 Women’s Association), 86 Gupta, Dipankar, 1–2, 7, 193, 250 ganja, 125, 148 garir kishan, 171 Harisabha, 87 Gazdar, Haris, 32, 34 Harriss-White, Barbara, 141–143 gender inequalities, 39, 219, 221 Hembram, Haren, 116 Ghatak, Maitreesh, 14, 32–33, 40, 43, 84, Hembram, Rina, 91 86, 217 high-yielding variety (HYV) seeds, 32–33 gherao, 164 Hindu Succession Act, 1956, 219–221 Ghoshpara hamlet, in Kadampur village, 67 historical transition, 6 families condition in, 68 Hobsbawm, E.J., 8 types of castes in, 67 Hooghly district Ghurye, G. S., 199 assembly constituencies of, 51 government-aided school education, for geographical location of, 51 Muslim boys, 119 industrial belt of, 51 governmentality, concept of, 13–17, 46. see political landscape of, 52 also Foucault, Michel hool, 9, 115 ‘governmentalization of the state,’ 11 Government of West Bengal (GoWB), 27, Indira Awaas Yojana, 63, 81–82, 97, 108, 75, 194, 221, 254 181 Gowala caste, 67, 71, 185, 199, 203 Industrialization for the Toiling Masses Gowalas, 199, 203 (Buddhadeb Bhattacharya), 157 gram panchayats institutionalization of political parties, 107 constitution in 1964, 39