| Introduction
PART
ONE: TRADITION
Chapter
1: Physical Features, Ethnicity and Social Structure
Physical Features; Ethnic Groups; Bhutanese Social Structure
Chapter
2: Legends, Religion and History
Legendary Kings; Tradition of Sectarian Myths; Zhabs-Drung
Ngawang Namgyal?The Founder of Bhutan
Chapter
3: Theocracy, Monarchy and Administration
Dukpa Theocracy; Zhabs-Drung?s Successors; Wangchuk
Monarchy; Administrative Structure
PART
TWO: TRANSITION
Chapter
4: Birth of a Kingdom and the British Policy
The Two Men of Vision and the British Policy to Bhutan;
Bhutan as an Indian Princely State; Conflict Between
the Maharaja and the Dharamraja; Shifting British Emphasis
on Bhutan; Bhutanese Apprehension and the British Concern
in 1940s
Chapter
5: Managing the Frontiers: Herdsmen, Migrants and Farmers
Transhumance Across the State Boundaries; Extradition
of Nepalese Immigrants; Soldiers from Among the Immigrant
Marginal Farmers; Annexure A: A Report on the Immigration
of Gurkhas into Bhutan; Appendix 1?Details of the Chirang
District; Appendix 2?Details of the Samchi District
Chapter
6: The Lhotshampas or the Bhutanese Nepalese
The Pioneer Settlers; Lhotshampa Social Scene; Political
Awakening and Bhutan State Congress; Politics Behind
Ethnic and Linguistic Statistics; The Dissidents? Political
and Human Rights Fora; Lhotshampas and the Game of Gorkhaland
and Greater Nepal; The Lhotshampa Leadership
Chapter
7: Growth of Education System in Bhutan
Indigenous Educational Tradition; Early Efforts of Modern
Education; Introduction of Modern Education; Structural
Hurdles; Higher Education in Bhutan; Ethnic Catharsis
and Setback to Educational System
PART
THREE: TRANSFORMATION
Chapter
8: Political Culture and National Dilemma
Drukpa Political Culture; Bhutan under the British Colonial
Fold; Predicament of the Bhutanese Nation State; Drukpa-Lhotshampa
Ethnic Conflict
Chapter
9: Ethnic Stalemate and Crisis of Confidence
Assertion to the Dukpa Supremacy; The ?Green Belt Policy?;
Issues Involving the Lhotshampa Refugees; The Dukpa
Perception of the Nepalese Leadership; Categories of
the Refugees
Chapter
10: Unsettling of the Ethnic Applecart
Fiscal Health of Bhutan; Dukpa Reaction to the Lhotshampa?s
Flight to the Refugee Camps; Plight of the Loyal Lhotshampas;
Dessident?s Plan of Action; ULFA and BLTF: The Unwelcome
Guests in Bhutan; Council of Ministers
Glossary
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
Postscript
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