Author: Chaklader, Snehamoy
Title: Minority Rights : A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Group Conflicts in Eastern Region of India
Description: Calcutta, K.P. Bagchi, 1987. boards. xi,124 pp, 20x13cm, Crude binder's blind cloth-backed boards.. Textual tables.. A tear to half-title. Some discoloration to flyleaves. Good. ¶ Contents: Politicization of Ethnicity; Approach; Backround; Assam: Complete Destruction of the Elite; Bengali as the Language of Administration; Inclusion of Sylhet; Wholesale Depopulation; Large Scale In-migration; Forcible Immigration; Immigration by Inducement; Immigration by Push Factor; Movement for Identity Persistence; Restoriation of Language Right; Movement of the Minorities; Present Trend & Tendencies; Meeting the Challenge; Counter Movement; Foreigners' Issue; Who are Foreigners; The Movement Against the Foreigners; Tripura: Backround; Immigration; Problems of Identity; Resurgent Ethnicity; Road to Pluralism; West Bengal: Social Values; Spatial Mobility; Non-Competitive Labour Market; Pluralism in Practice; Tension Areas: Trade & Industry; The Identity Persistence Movement of the Santals; The Nepalis in Darjeeling; Area & Population; Immigration; Mini Melting Pot; Cultural Pluralism vs Separatism; Language Policy of the State; Government & Widening of Cleavage; Minority's Response to the State; Policy of Homogenization of Culture & Language; Difficulties Experienced by the Minorities; Response of the Minorities; Assimilation; Pluralism; Separatism; Segregation; Conclusion; Policy Implications.

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, India South Asia, Linguistic Minority, Ethnic Minorities, West Bengal, Tripura Assam, Northeast, Sociolinguistics, Politics Ethnicity, Political Sociology