Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland. Constructing Democracy

Focusing on the Nepali ethnic group living on the borderlands of Sikkim, Darjeeling, and east Nepal, the book 'Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland' analyses the growth, success, and proliferation of ethnic politics on the peripheries of modern South Asia. Based on extensive historical and ethnographic research, it critically examines the relationship between culture and politics in a geographical space which is replete with a diverse range of ethnic identities. The book explores the emergence of new modes of political representation, cultural activism, and everyday politics in regional South Asia. Being Nepali offers new perspectives on political dynamics and state formation across the eastern Himalaya which is fuelled by the resurgence of ethnic culture.

专著《东喜马拉雅边境的族群与民主》（Ethnicity and Democracy in the Eastern Himalayan Borderland）聚焦居住于锡金（Sikkim）、大吉岭（Darjeeling）与尼泊尔东部边境地区的尼泊尔裔族群，剖析了现代南亚边缘地带族群政治的兴起、兴盛与扩散态势。本书依托大量历史研究与民族志调研，批判性地审视了这片拥有多元族群身份的地理空间内文化与政治的互动关系。书中探讨了南亚区域内新型政治代表模式、文化行动主义与日常政治的萌发与发展。以尼泊尔裔群体的视角，为受族群文化复兴浪潮驱动的东喜马拉雅地区政治动态与国家建构议题提供了全新的研究视角。