About the Book: Darjeeling Reconsidered: Histories, Politics, Environments
Darjeeling occupies a special place in the South Asian imaginary with its
Himalayan vistas, lush tea gardens, and brisk mountain air. Thousands of
tourists, domestic and international, annually flock to the hills to taste their
world-renowned tea and soak up the colonial nostalgia.
Darjeeling Reconsidered rethinks Darjeelings status in the postcolonial
imagination. Mobilizing diverse disciplinary approaches from the social sciences
and humanities, this definitive collection of essays sheds fresh light on the
regions past and offers critical insight into the issues facing its people
today. While the historical analyses provide alternative readings of the systems
of governance, labour, and migration