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Two Bengals Two Entities: Construction of Their Development Narratives

In: Two Bengals

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  • Munim Kumar Barai

    (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)

  • Arindam Banik

    (International Management Institute)

Abstract

West Bengal and erstwhile East Bengal (now Bangladesh) were a single entity which got divided into two in 1947 when the former British colonial master curved out Pakistan from India. Bangladesh emerged from Pakistan as a sovereign nation in 1971 after a bitter coexistence of about 24 years. However, their development narratives for economic and social progress have been influenced by the memories of the historical past, plus some other developmental realities of the day. In developing that narrative, Bangladesh has experimented with various economic theories that have finally shaped a Solidarity Economic Development Model whereby the government, private sector, NGOs, and people have mostly aligned to work for the development of society. On the other hand, West Bengal is still pursuing a development narrative that is highly influenced by a number of factors, including the continuous flow of migrants from Bangladesh, changing political dynamics of the state as per the political ideology of the political parties, and the frictional centre–state relationship for a long period.

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  • Munim Kumar Barai & Arindam Banik, 2023. "Two Bengals Two Entities: Construction of Their Development Narratives," Springer Books, in: Arindam Banik & Munim Kumar Barai (ed.), Two Bengals, chapter 0, pages 1-26, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-99-2185-0_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2185-0_1
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