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Author_Nilanjana Gupta
bengal
Bengali Muslim Community
Bengali Muslims
Calcutta Madrasah
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darul
Darul Uloom
education
educational policy India
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High Madrasa
Higher Secondary
Howrah District
Human Development Index
Indian Freedom Struggle
Islamic education
Kothari Commission
Local Madrasa
madrasa
Madrasa Education
Madrasa System
Madrasah Board
Maternal Mortality Rate
minority schooling
muslim
Muslim girls education West Bengal
Nurul Islam
qualitative fieldwork
Rail Road
Ramakrishna Mission
Sachar Committee Report
secular curriculum
sikand
Socio-economic Development
system
Traditional Madrasas
uloom
west
West Bengal
West Bengal Board
yoginder
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415544597
- Weight: 520g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Based on extensive fieldwork and archival records, this book traces the emergence and flourishing of madrasas and the myriad ways in which they impact upon local Muslim communities, especially in West Bengal. It also addresses issues of identity, ‘secular’ education and gender in this context, while exploring the myths that surround these institutions. Amongst other things, it interrogates why Muslim communities prefer sending their sons to government schools to receive a secular education, while the daughters are sent to madrasas.
Nilanjana Gupta is Professor of English at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
