DARJEELING ; Smriti Samaj Itihas (Bengali Version)

Book Details

• Author: Parimal Bhattacharya

• Publisher: Ababhash

• Language: Bengali

• ISBN: 9788390811727

• Pages: 160

• First Edition: January 2009

• Eighth Print: August 2025

• Format: Paperback

• Size: 21.5 x 14 cm

• Price: ₹

About the Book
Encrusted with British nostalgia and Bengali romanticism, Darjeeling stands as a melting pot of tribes, communities, and layered histories. Parimal Bhattacharya first went there to work in the early 1990s, when the hills were slowly cooling after a prolonged and violent political agitation. Two decades later, tensions resurface, reminding readers that beneath its postcard beauty lies a complex socio-political reality.

Like the winding hill paths of this 125-year-old town, the narrative twists through memory, history, politics, and lived experience. The book weaves personal recollection with broader socio-historical analysis, offering a nuanced portrait of a region shaped by migration, identity struggles, and shifting power dynamics.

Spanning 160 pages, this paperback provides an insightful exploration of Darjeeling’s evolving story—where landscape and history are inseparably intertwined.