List of Plates. List of Abbreviations. Glossary. Acknowledgements. Prologue. Part I. Charting Perilous Seas. The First Weeks. 1. Where Extremes Meet: Binpur-II, 10 March 2004. General Elections 2004. 2. In Pursuit of Kendu Patta: Gopiballavpur-I, 3 April 2004 3. Public Meeting in Bansberh: Small Expectations: Binpur-I, 14 April 2004 4. Amlasole: Binpur-II, 10 June Section 5. Hungry in an Ashram: Nayagram, 30 June 2004 6. Nuts and Bolts: Visit to Binpur-II, 29 July 2004 7. Living with Diarrhoea: Binpur-I, 4 August 2004. Supervision and Monitoring. 8. Pension for the ‘Queen of Roses’!: Keshiary, 5 August 2004 9. Three Faces of Development: Binpur-I, 9 August 2004 10. The Waterlogged Rice-bowl: Ghatal, 19 August 2004. Food Entitlement: An Awareness Campaign. Part II. Setting Course 11. Raising Hope on Hard Laterite: Sankrail, 13 September 2004 12. Peeping in Nooks and Crannies: Binpur-I, 4 October 2004. A Baseline Survey. Another Explosion. 13. A Field Channel Runs through Eden: Jhargram, 29 October 2004 14. A House for Pramila Sabar: Jhargram, 31 October 2004 15. Of Chickens and Sech Bundhs: Jamboni, 4 November 2004. A Crop Calendar. 16. Harsh Reminders: Binpur-I, 24 November 2004 17. In the Name of Greed: Jhargram, 24 November 2004 Tour Continued. A Village Vulnerability Index. Part III. Full Steam Ahead. 18. No Road Leads to Tamakbari: Midnapore Sadar, 17 December 2004 19. Some Tourist Spots: Midnapore Sadar, 18 December 2004 20. The Bleakest Village: Jhargram, 20 December 2004 21. Urban is Rural: Ghatal Town, 27 December 2004 22. Revisiting Fundamentals: Binpur-I & Salboni, 2 January 2005 23. Pursuit & Persuasion: Nayagram, 8 January 2005 24. At the Edge of the Forest: Midnapore Sadar, 12 January 2005 25.
Biography
Chandan Sinha is currently Secretary to the Governor, West Bengal.
