Economic & Political Weekly | Vol. 48, Issue No. 33, 17 Aug, 2013
Ian M Cook, Ramachandra Bhatta, Vidya Dinker
Ian M Cook, Ramachandra Bhatta, Vidya Dinker
This paper analyses three different types of displacement - social, cultural and economic - in the lives of three women and their families which have been affected by the creation of the Mangalore special economic zone. Conceptualising the displacements in rhythmic terms, it first details the subversion of progressive land reforms and the reassertion of caste-based oppression, followed by the clash between the dharma of the spirits of the land and the neo-liberal dharma of capitalistic development. Finally, it looks at life in a resettlement colony where families that have been uprooted from the agricultural production cycle are closed off from the urban life they are expected to adopt.
