What is it about?
This article revealed the anthropological contributions on the study of the Bengal famine of 1943 as revealed through the field based study done by Tarak Chandra Das a pioneering anthropologist of the University of Calcutta in the late 1940s
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Why is it important?
The contribution of T.C.Das on the study of Bengal famine is important because he had done a first-hand study of the famine affected people with help of team-work with his colleagues and students.The Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen used this study of Das in his famous work on Bengal famine of 1943.
Perspectives
I was really surprised when I first read T.C.Das's book and found that this book remained almost unnoticed in the anthropological circles of India and abroad.This inspired to undertake the work.
Professor Abhijit Guha
Institute of Development Studies Kolkata
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This page is a summary of: A Forgotten Book by a Marginalised Anthropologist, Social Change, September 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0049085719863892.
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