[Reader-list] Marichjhapi and the Revenge of Bengali Bhadralok: The story of a Dalit Genocide that remains untold

[A. Mani]

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:02 AM, anoop kumar <anoopkheri at gmail.com> wrote:
> *From **http://blog.insightyv.com/*
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> *Marichjhapi and the Revenge of Bengali BhadralokThe story of a Dalit
> Genocide that remains untold
>
> References:
>
> While writing this article, we have drawn heavily from following two
> research articles among very few that are available on the tragic tale of
> one our Dalit communities. We are reproducing both the articles for the
> benefit of our readers so that we all become more aware of the tragedy and
> are able to fight for the justice. We are taking the liberty of posting the
> articles in all good faith despite the possibility of infringing copy
> rights.
>
> 1. Mallick, Ross, ‘Refugee Resettlement in Forest Reserves: West Bengal
> Policy Reversal and the Marichjhapi Massacre‘, The Journal of Asian Studies,
> Vol. 58, No. 1. (Feb., 1999), pp. 104-125.
>
> 2. Jalais, Annu, ‘Dwelling on Morichjhanpi: When Tigers Became ‘Citizens’,
> Refugees ‘Tiger-Food’, Economic and Political Weekly, April 23, 2005


The article is poorly researched, is biased, based on very
questionable studies and seems to be propaganda work. The authors will
need to review plenty of available Government records and other
documentation.

The casteist dimension has no basis.

Best

A. Mani



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