Mountain Mosaic: Diversities in Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya

The Mountain Mosaic is intended to portray the contemporaneity of certain issues prevailing in Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya. Well-researched, original articles on a variety of issues have been chosen to create a vivid and distinctive mosaic reflecting certain events and eventualities that have influenced the ‘habitat, economy and society’ in the Himalayas. The book addresses various challenges faced by a fragile Himalayan habitat in the context of migration of workers, everyday struggle of tea plantation workers, changing townscape, community role in disaster management, dynamics of organic farming, evolving tourism practices, social abuse, sustainability of traditional practices, providing incisive information on the trials and tribulations of mountain communities.

PROF. MAITREYEE CHOUDHURY (b. 1959) has research and teaching experience on Himalayan Geography for four decades. She did B.A. (Hons.), M.A. and Ph.D in Geography at the University of Calcutta. Prof. Choudhury has been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography and Management, Lille University, France (September 2010-November 2010), and ICSSR Visiting Fellow in China (October 2008) and France (September 2006). Besides, she has visited many Foreign Universities including Harvard University and Oxford University in connection with various academic programmes. She has been Chairperson and Member of various Learned Bodies and Committees of the University Grants Commission, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India, Sikkim University, University of North Bengal, Geographical Society of India, etc. She has four books and numerous research articles to her credit. At present she teaches at the Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal.