Jharkhand, Castle Over the Graves'We industrialize and you perish, we develop and you decay-that is the saga writ large on Jharkhand faces'. This line from the foreword to the book Jharkahnd: Casthel over the Graves, sets the tone and tenor of Victor Das' lyrical panegyric abou tht eh 'blood, sweat, toil and tears' of the tribals inhabiting Jharkahd; their nightmarish privation, their ruthless suppressionand theiheart-wrenching exploitations. Rightly referred to as 'the Rurh of India', Jharkhand produces almost all kins of mincerals-from Gold to Iron ore and its Sal forest is the largest in Asia. The movement for a separate State compiriong 22 districts from Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh has come arcoss many a tortuositey and is amuch bruised topic of discussion now. |
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