Cloud, stone, and the mind: the people and environment of Darjeeling Hill Area/ ed. by Mamata Desai ; co-ed. by Saptarshi Mitra.

"Copyright: Netaji Institute of Asian Studies"--Title page verso.

Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Some Considerations for Highly Degraded Watersheds in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal/ Subir Sarkar -- Landslide problem of Kalimpong : The need for a comprehensive, long term solution/ Prajul Rao -- Landslides in Tea Gardens : A study on the Kurseong Sub-division of Darjeeling Himalays, India/ Sunil Kumar De, Samayita Bandyopadhyay and Mill Jamatia -- Causes Related to Sinking Landmasses of Kalimpang Sub-division and Need For Watershed Management/ Partha Basu -- Application of Geospatial Techniques in Road Status Analysis : Daijeeling District, West Bengal/ Mamata Desai -- Two Leaves and A Bud : The Story of Tea in the HinaaJayas/ Chitra Ghosh -- Soils and Natural Vegetation of Darjeeling Hill Area/ Dipali Dey and Sandip Haider -- Pattern of Livelihood, Ecological Involvement and Survival Strategy : The Case of the Sherpa of Daijeeling District/ Manis Kumar Raha -- Bhutias of Darjeeling and their Ethnic IdIdentity : A note/ Bharati Debi and Sikha Chatterjee -- Status of Tea Garden Labourers in the Eastern Himalaya: A case of Darjeeling Tea Industry/ Vimal Khawas -- People of Darjeeling Himalaya and their Contribution in the Origin and Significance of Place Names/ Guru Prasad Chattopadhyay -- Cofonial Social Formation and the Genesis of Separatism in Darjeeling Hills/ Swatahsiddha Sarkar -- Peoples of Darjeeling Himalaya : A Profile/ Rajib Chatterjee & Sekh Rahim Monda -- Regional Planning Through Formulating Sex Structure Regions : A Case Study of Darjeeling District/ Samhita Chaudhuri -- Solid Waste Management in Darjeeling Municipality/ Roshan Patrick Rai -- Darjeeling Hill Areas Land Use and Land Capability/ Mamata Desai