Anthrobuds

Anthropology in nation building: The Indian scenario  By Prof. Abhijit Guha Abstract The mainstream discourse on nation building in India in its early phase excluded the contributions of the anthropologists, although there were solid empirical studies done by the latter, which have had remarkable relevance in the making of the new nation. Eminent anthropologists with their characteristic methodology of participatory fieldwork and ethnography painstakingly conducted valuable researches on the major challenges confronted by the leaders of independent India in its early years. [Key words: Nation building, Bengal famine, Resettlement, Refugees, Displacement]. Anthropology on the margins of nation building   How the anthropologists in India contributed to nation building? Virtually, no discussion is found on the role of anthropologists in the writings and commentaries of the scholars on the rise and development of nationalism and nationalist thought in India. Even one of the do...