Vernacular bureaucracies and the discursive constitution of a Bengali region: Documents, development and territorial claims in Barak Valley, Assam
Vernacular bureaucracies and the discursive constitution of a Bengali region: Documents, development and territorial claims in Barak Valley, Assam
Ethnography, Ahead of Print.
The linguistic status of Sylheti—variously framed as a Bengali dialect, a distinct language, or a stigmatised vernacular—remains unsettled. This ambiguity creates a politically charged interpretive space in India’s eastern borderlands. Focusing on Assam’s …
The linguistic status of Sylheti—variously framed as a Bengali dialect, a distinct language, or a stigmatised vernacular—remains unsettled. This ambiguity creates a politically charged interpretive space in India’s eastern borderlands. Focusing on Assam’s …