Paritosh Chakma
Kalindi Rani
Books by Paritosh Chakma
Kalindi Rani, the 19th century`queen regnant of the Chakma kingdom in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Undivided India (now in Bangladesh), resisted the British for 41 years, from 1832 to 1873. But rather than picking up the sword or the gun, she used the colonial court and institutions as battlefields and the colonial laws as her weapons to defeat the British. She is immortal for her words, "I don’t want to see a monkey’s face" when British Deputy Co
Chittagong Hill Tracts
Books by Paritosh Chakma
Why was the tribal district of Chittagong Hill Tracts with over 97% non-Muslim population awarded to East Pakistan during the partition of India despite the three Buddhist Rajas and people desiring to join India?
This book is an investigation into this question. It unearths, for the first time, the circumstances under which the Chittagong Hill Tracts was unjustly awarded to East Pakistan and the actors who were involved in that decision. Was the Chitta
COVID-19 pandemic’s lessons for mankind
Books by Paritosh Chakma
The human race is fighting one of the toughest battles for survival against the Coronavirus. However, this book suggests that defeating this deadly virus should not be the only ultimate aim of the human race. The humans should pause, think aloud, and retrospect to save the Planet Earth before it is too late. This will require imbibing the good habits human beings are acquiring during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Chakma-Mizo Relations During British Rule
Books by Paritosh Chakma
The contours of academic discourse relating to the Chakma-Mizo relations or connections are not only confusing but also often misleading. A lot has been written about the Chakma and Mizo communities separately but not them together. Did they have any social, political, economic and military relations in the past? If yes, how old and how deep were these relations? This book answers these questions.
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