Research

Books: Published and Forthcoming

1. Singhbhum: Some Historical Gleanings (ed.). Tata College, Chaibasa, July 1986

2. The Educated Middle Class and Indian Nationalism, Progressive Publishers, Calcutta, 1988

3. Bengali Intelligentsia and Popular Uprisings 1855-73, Firma KLM, Calcutta, 1992

4. Wilkinson’s Rules, Context, Content and Ramifications (ed.), Tata College, Chaibasa, 1999

5. Bismrit Adivasi Itihas ki Khoj: Ho Itihas ke kuch ayam, Jan Madhyam, Ranchi, 2010

6. Representing Tribe: The Ho of Singhbhum during Colonial Rule, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2011

7. From Village Elder to British Judge: Custom, Customary Law and Tribal Society, Orient BlackSwan, Hyderabad, 2012

8. Indigeneity, Landscape and History: Adivasi Self-fashioning in India, Routledge, London and New York, 2018

9. The Making of a Village: Dynamics of Adivasi Rural Life in India (Communicated)

Articles & Chapters Published

1. The Derozians and Journalism: Nineteenth Century Studies, No. 7, July 1974

2. The Hindoo Pioneer a Forgotten Periodical: Journal of Indian History, Vol. LIII, Part II, August 1975

3. The Indigo Uprising of Bengal and Harish Chandra Mukherjee,Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol.XVII, Nos.1-4, 1975

4. The Educated Indians and the Liberal Party of England (1870-85),Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, March 1976

5. The Educated Middle Class of Bengal 1800-85 – Origins, Traits and Tendencies,JIH, Vol. LV, Part III, December 1976

6. The Educated Elites of Bengal and their Constitutional Agitation, JIH,Vol.LVI, Part III, December 1978

7. The Changing Panorama of the tribal Society of Kolhan during British Rule, in A. K. Sen (ed.) Singhbhum: Some Historical Gleanings, Tata College, Chaibasa, July, 1986

8. Rammohan Roy and the Concept of Social Change (Jointly): Y. Mishra (ed.), Dimensions of Indian History and Culture: Dr. Subimal Chandra Sarkar Birth Centenary Commemoration Volume, Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi, 1997

9. Ideology, Imperative and the Framing of the Rules, in A.K.Sen (ed), Wilkinson’s Rules, Context, Content and Ramifications, TataCollege, Chaibasa, 1999

10. From Singhbhum to Assam: The Incidence of Labour Emigration 1873-1918, in S.Roy (ed.), History (Journal of University of Burdwan), Vol. II, No. 1 1999

11. Religion as Identity: Evolution of Religious Ideas among the Adivasis of Jharkhand (Jointly), Special Issue: Philosophical Traditions in the Indian Languages, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 2002

12. Chapter 5 – section on Tribal revolt in Singhbhum and Arjun Singh ; Chapter 6 – Jharkhand under Colonial rule (1859-1901); Chapter 7 – Religious movement and socio-religious upsurge; Chapter 8 – Jharkhand Adivasis and the Indian National Movement and Chapter 9 –History of Jharkhand Movement, section A – Jharkhand movement : the murmuring decades. in M. Areeparampil, Struggle for Swaraj, Tribal Research and Training Centre, Lupungutu, Chaibasa, 2002

13. Conceptualization of the Hos of Singhbhum as a Tribe, in P.Sen (ed), Changing Tribal Life: A Socio-Philosophical Perspective, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2003

14. Singhbhum 1927-30 and the Tour Diary of Ratneshvar Roy. A.K. Dutta (ed), History (Journal of University of Burdwan), Vol.VI, No. I, 2003

15. Writing Local History and the District Record Room. Proceedings of the Indian Historical Records Commission, 58th Session 2003

16. The Process of Social Stratification in the Lineage Society of Kolhan in Singhbhum, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, n.s., Vol. XXVII, no.1, April 2004

17. Tribe-Peasant-Tribe Continuum: The Dynamics of Ho Identity, S.Gopal (ed.), Colonial India: A Centenary Tribute to Prof. K. K. Datta, Veer Kunwar Singh University, Arrah, 2006

18. Protected Forest Rules and Ho Social Protest, in C.K.Paty (ed.), Forest, Government and Tribe, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2006

19. Contesting Marginalization: Colonial Representation of the Indigenes in the Great Rebellion of 1857-58, Quarterly Review of Historical Studies. Vol. XLVII, No.1-2, April-September2007

20. Constructing a Different World: Pages from the Diary of Raisaheb Sashi Bhusan Sarkar, Manwa Katha, Vol. I, No. I, October 2007

21. Gleaning Historical Materials from a Myth: Kole history of the Creation of the World, in Arupjyoti Saikia (ed.), Folklore and Environment, Indian Folklife, A Quarterly Newsletter from National Folklore Support Centre, Serial No. 28, January 2008

22. Generalisations, Confusions and Reconstruction of Ho Historiography, Manwa Katha, Vol. II, No. I, April 2008

23. Collective Memory and Reconstruction of Ho History, IndianFolklore Research Journal, Vol. 5, No. 8, December 2008

24. Resurrecting a Tribal Leader from Oblivion: Gono Pingua and the Revolt of 1857-59, in A.Mishra & C.K.Paty (eds),Tribal Movement in Jharkhand 1857-2007, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2010

25. Defining Custom: Colonial Manipulation and Interpretation of Indigenous Customs in India, Indigenous Affairs. Development and Customary Law. International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Copenhagen, 1-2, 2010

26. Redefining Archaeology and the ethno-history of pre-colonial Singhbhum, Indian Folklore Research Journal, Vol. 7, No. 10, December 2010

27. Water bodies, Changing Social Ecology and Ho Adivasis of Colonial Singhbhum, International Journal of Development and Social Research, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar. Vol. No. I, Issue No. II, December 2010

28. Collaboration and Conflict Environmental Legacies of the Ho of Kolhan (1700 – 1918), Deepak Kumar, Vinita Damodaran & Rohan D’ Souza (eds.), The British Empire and the Natural World: Environmental Encounters in South Asia, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2011

29. Reconstructing an Event: The Great Rebellion of 1857-58 and the Singhbhum Indigenes, in D.J.Rycroft & S. Dasgupta (eds.), The Politics of Belonging in India: Becoming Adivasi.Routledge, England, 2011

30. Panchet, Kashipur, Jaipur, Balarampur and Bandwan: R.Chakrabarty (ed.), Dictionary of Historic Places of West Bengal. Primus, New Delhi, 2012

31. Lt. S.R.Tickell: The Pioneer of Colonial Ethnography in Singhbhum, Foreword, Memoir on the HODESUM, Lieunt Tickell, Baskey Publications, Kolkata, 2012

32. ‘Redefined Archaeology and Reconstruction of the ethno-history of the Hos of pre-colonial Singhbhum.’ Journal of the Asiatic Society, Kolkata, Vol.LIV, No.1, 2012

33. ‘Changing Modalities of Ho Social protest in Colonial Singhbhum.’ Dr.K.K. Mishra and Dr. N.K.Das (ed.), Dissent, Discrimination and Dispossession:Tribal Movements inContemporary India. IGRMS and Manohar, New Delhi, 2014.

34. ‘Assertion of Political Identity: the Ho Adivasis of Singhbhum 1770-1859’, Journal of Adivasi and Indigenous Studies, Vol I, No. I, August 2014.

35. ‘Technology and Social Change among the Ho Adivasis (tribals) of West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India’ (Jointly), in S. Majumdar et al (eds.), Technology and Innovation for Social Change. Springer India, 2015.

36. ‘Reconstructing Adivasi Village History: Problems and Possibilities’, Journal of Adivasi and Indigenous Studies, Vol. II, No. II, August 2015.

37. ‘Faltering Steps to Modern Education: The Ho Adivasis of Colonial Singhbhum,’in A.K.Singh (ed), Education and Social Empowerment–Policies and Practices. New Delhi: Routledge, 2016.

38. ‘Claiming Mining Rights: A rare instance of Adivasi assertion over underground resource’, Journal of Adivasi and Indigenous Studies, Vol. VI, No. I, February 2017, 41- 46.

39. ‘Identity by Conquest’, World Policy Journal, 6 March 2018.

40. Witchcraft Trials and the Great Rebellion of 1857-58, Journal of Adivasi and Indigenous Studies, Vol. VIII, No.2, August 2018.

41. ‘Manki-Munda System of West Singhbhum: Historical Overview of Village Governance and Development’, in Varsha Bhagat-Ganguly and Sujit Kumar (eds), India’s Scheduled Areas: Untangling Governance, Law, and Institutions, London and New York: Routledge, 2019.

Presentations

Lectures Delivered

1. Generalisations, Confusions and Reconstruction of Ho Historiography: Ashin Dasgupta Memorial Lecture, 31 October 1999 under the auspices of Ashin Dasgupta Institute of Tribal History, Kolkata, 1999

2. Singhbhum: Vikash-parampara, Pichrapan avam Svayamsevi Sansthayon ka dayitva : Keynote address at a Workshop on ‘Navasangathit Jharkhand me Svayamsevi sansthayon ki bhumika organized by Singhbhum Svayamsevi Sanstha on 8 October 2000 at Xavier Welfare Centre, Chaibasa

3. On Sources of Tribal History in Colonial Singhbhum, M.Phil students of the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, October 2004

4. Keynote address at the All-India Adivasi Sammelan on the occasion of 186th Anniversary of Kol Rebellion of 1821,Tata Auditorium, Jamshedpur 28-29 September 2007

5. Jharkhander Adivasi Itihas, Address at Department of Bengali, Anita Banerjee Memorial Hall, Jadavpur University, 31 January 2008

6. Keynote address at the UGC-sponsored National Conference on Indigenous Movements: Identity assertion in Jharkhand 1857-2006, organized at Mahila College Chaibasa on 7-8 March 2008

7. Loke Sahitya O Sanskriti, Presidential Address, Sixth Session, Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan, 82nd Annual Conference, Chaibasa, 29 December, 2009

8. Address as Resource person at National Workshop on Documentation and Translation of Indigenous Languages and Literatures of West Bengal, organised by Dept. of English, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur in collaboration with Bhasha Research and Publication Centre, Baroda, 15-16 March 2011

9. Making of Customary Law in Colonial Jharkhand: Talk delivered at the Post-Graduate Department of History, Ranchi University on 11 October 2012

10. Perspectives on Tribal Development, Samvaad – A Tribal Conclave organised by Tata Steel at Gopal Maidan, Bistupur, Jamshedpur on 15- 18 November 2014)

11. ‘History of Jharkhand: Towards Reconstruction’. Key Note Address delivered at the National Seminar on History of Jharkhand: A Blue Print for Reconstruction, organised by the University Department of History, Ranchi University, Ranchi, 28-29 November 2015.

Research Papers Presented

1. The Santhal Uprising of 1855-6 and the Contemporary Newspapers,National Seminar on Socio-Economic History of the Tribal Region of Eastern India, sponsored by Indian Council of Historical Research, Ranchi, November 1980

2. Bankim Chandra and His Notion of Manliness: Indian History Congress, 51st Session, Calcutta, 1990

3. Goddess Pauri: A Symbol of Cultural Assimilation in the District of Singhbhum (Jointly), IHC, 52nd Session,1992,New Delhi

4. Differential Peasantisation and the Changing Socio-Economy of the Ho Tribe of Singhbhum, Seminar on theChanging Scenario of the Tribals and Indigenous People of Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal & Orissa, at The Asiatic Society, Kolkata on 8 January 2003

5. Gleaning Historical Materials from a Myth: Kole history of the Creation of the World, the Research Colloquium, Dept. of Sociology, DelhiSchool of Economics, 29 October 2004

6. Contesting Marginalization: Colonial Representation of the Indigenes in the Great Rebellion of 1857-58, International Conference on Contesting Identities: Tribes, Indigenous Peoples and Adivasis in Colonial and Postcolonial India, organised by Department of History, VisvaBharati, Santiniketan, 26-27 November, 2005

7. Collective Memory and Reconstruction of Ho History, International Conferenceon Re-Appraisal and Re-Understanding of Indigenous Peoplesorganised by The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, 28-30 November 2005

8. Indigenous and Colonial Environmental Legacies- Collaboration and Conflict: The Ho of Kolhan during 1700-1918. International Workshop on Nature in the Raj: Colonial Environments and Indigenous Knowledge, organized by the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for World Environmental History, Sussex University and Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and held on 18-19 August 2006 at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi

9. Redefining Archaeology and the ethno-history of pre-colonial Singhbhum, International Conference on Applications of Anthropological Researches in Human Life organized by The Asiatic Society, Kolkata on 7, 8, 9 January 2009

10. Peasantization and the changing socio-economy of the Ho Adivasis of Singhbhum, National Seminar onEnvironment, State and Society organised by Department of History, Jadavpur University on 1-2 March 2010

11. Continuity and Change in Tribal Social Life during Colonial Rule, Seminar on Tribal Culture and Tribal Philosophy: Changes and Continuity organised by Department of Bengali, Jadavpur University under the Departmental Research Support (SAP phase-1) scheme on 19 - 20 January 2011

12. Myth as History: Historical reconstruction of the Ho story of the Creation of the World. International Seminar onLokekathar Boichitra: Purba Bharat O Bangladesher Avingyata organised by Department of Bengali, Jadavpur University under the Departmental Research Support (SAP phase-1) scheme on 14-15 March 2012

Non- Academic Articles

Articles in Bengali and Hindi

1. Rai Saheb Ratnesvar Rayer Sarkari Safar Diary O Singhbhum 1927-30: Aitihasik, Vol. 5, No 1, Kartik – Chaitra, 1402BS

2. Aitihasik Pristabhumi me Chaibasa ka Nagarayan, in P.Sen (ed.), Smarika, Singhbhum Paryatan Mahotsab, March 2001

3. Chaibasa, Smaranika, Nikhil Bharat BangaSahityaSammelan, 74th Annual Conference, Chaibasa, 27-29 December, 2001

4. Ek Aitihasik Charitrer Anusandhane, G.Roy (ed), Singhbhum Sahitya, Jharkhand Sankhya, Sarad Sankalan, 1409 BS

5. Van avam Singhbhumke ‘Ho’ Adivasi’: Aitihasik Paripreksha me. V.S.Sinku (ed.), JoharSakam, Nos 11-12, Vol.10, November-December 2002

6. Bahirgaman, Visthapanavam Jharkhand ke Adivasi, S.Suman (ed), Janamat, Nos. 2-3, Vol. 22, September 2003

7. Vaikalpik Adivasi Itihaski Khoj, Hul Sinhawalokan, Prabhat Khabar, Ranchi, 30 June 2005; published in Harivansh & Faisal Anurag (eds), Santal Hul: Adivasi Prativad Sanskriti, Prakashan Sanstha, New Delhi, 2009

8. Prativadke Badalte Roop, Raghav Alok (ed) , Dastak, Nos. 13-15, January- March 2004; Adivasi Prativad ke Badalte Svaroop, Ranendra & Sudhir Pal (eds.), Jharkhand Encyclopaedia, Vol. 1, Vani Prakashan, New Delhi, 2008

9. Rammohan Roy Library: Pratisthan, Pratik OPrerana, A.K.Sen (Gen. ed), Amritanjali, Rammohan Roy Library Chaibasa, October 2004

10. Ho Parampara: Ek Punarvichar, Ranendra & Sudhir Pal (eds.), Jharkhand Encyclopaedia, Vol. 1, Vani Prakashan, New Delhi, 2008

11. AdibasiPratibad- Rup O Rupantar,Smaranika, Nikhil Bharat BangaSahityaSammelan, 82nd Annual Conference, Chaibasa, 27-29 December, 2009

12. Prastabana, in R. Jerai (Compiler), Adivasi Adhikar, Johar Publications, Chaibasa, 2012

13. Gramer Nam Serengsia, Boiri 7, January 2013, Jamshedpur

14. VisthapankiTrasadi, Sablog, Delhi, Vol. 5, No.11, November 2013

Articles in Newspapers

1. Romancing the British Legacy: The Telegraph (Jharkhand Edition) 21 July 2004

2. Education mired in bureaucratic culture: The Telegraph (Jharkhand Edition) 10 January 2005

3. Student, teacher in background: The Telegraph (Jharkhand Edition)13 January 2005

4. Reconstructing Adivasi History: The Telegraph (Jharkhand Edition) 31 March 2005

5. The Herculean Task Ahead: The Telegraph (Jharkhand Edition) 12 May 2005

6. Vaikalpik Adivasi Itihas ki Khonj, Hul Sinhawalokan, Prabhat Khabar, Ranchi, 30 June 2005

7. Arise and Awake. Found the Santal Raj: The Telegraph (Jharkhand Edition) 30 June 2005

8. State oblivious to Centenary Year: The Telegraph, (Jharkhand edition) 29 December 2005

9. Dubious Doctors: The Telegraph,( Jharkhand edition) 15 August 2007

10. Punarparibhasit Puratatva evam Purba-Oupaniveshik Ho Adivasion ka Itihas. Dainik Bhaskar, Ranchi, Special Number, 15 November 2010

Other Memberships Held

1. Indian History Congress

2. Ashin Dagupta Institute of Tribal History, Kolkata

3. Life Member, World Union Centre, Pondicherry

4. Indigenous Research Forum, Chaibasa

5. Local Managing Committee, GC Jain DAV Public School, Chaibasa

6. Samajik Samanway Samiti, Chaibasa

7. Bharatiya Suraj Manch, Ranchi