The socio-economic contribution of the Indian state of West Bengal, which has been subjected to repeated partitions and transfer of population during the last one hundred and fifty odd years to serve the interest of the colonial and national rulers, is immense. Bengal was one of the wealthiest...

Europe and USA needed/need colonies to sustain their economic prosperity. To pursue the same development model, some arrangement for intra-state transfer of resources, both human and natural, is to be made in the developing nations also. The age old case system in India helped to construct a...