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Title: QUEST OF INCLUSION FOR THE EXCLUDED: STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE SOCIO-CULTURAL INCLUSION OF THE RAJBANSHI COMMUNITY IN WEST BENGAL
Authors: Kamal Chandra Barman
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Kamal Chandra Barman Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, M. U. C. Women’s College, Purba Bardhaman, WB, India
MLA 8 Barman, Kamal Chandra. "QUEST OF INCLUSION FOR THE EXCLUDED: STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE SOCIO-CULTURAL INCLUSION OF THE RAJBANSHI COMMUNITY IN WEST BENGAL." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 4, Apr. 2022, pp. 1058-1088, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i04.016. Accessed Apr. 2022. APA 6 Barman, K. (2022, April). QUEST OF INCLUSION FOR THE EXCLUDED: STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE SOCIO-CULTURAL INCLUSION OF THE RAJBANSHI COMMUNITY IN WEST BENGAL. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(4), 1058-1088. Retrieved from doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i04.016 Chicago Barman, Kamal Chandra. "QUEST OF INCLUSION FOR THE EXCLUDED: STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE SOCIO-CULTURAL INCLUSION OF THE RAJBANSHI COMMUNITY IN WEST BENGAL." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 4 (April 2022), 1058-1088. Accessed April, 2022. doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i04.016.
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ABSTRACT: Social Inclusion is considered to be the most trusted antidotes to the century old history of discrimination and exclusion of the ethnic minorities. It is a result of intercommunications between and among different variables like- distortions of the past history, socio-cultural discriminations, economic inequalities, religious backwardness and ostracisms etc. For emancipation from these social devils, Social Inclusion is the only possible way to dismantle this exclusivist society. To understand the process of social inclusion of the Rajbanshi community of the northern part of West Bengal, it is therefore necessary to examine the historical, linguistic, socio-cultural, educational and financial conditions of them. To find out the root causes of their exclusions with some probable findings and solutions is the main objectives of this article. To reach the objective, data has been collected from several primary as well as secondary sources for getting in-depth information of exclusion of the Rajbanshis for inclusion in the national mainstream. For that purpose a questionnaire based survey technique and a descriptive and analytical tool has been followed by using methodology of social inclusion. Therefore, Emancipation of the Rajbanshis from the above mentioned social devils is possible by armored them with proper education, making them literate to take decisions at different level and show their responsibility to the society. At the same time, the role of the government and civil society are also indispensable to restore their socio-cultural pasts with economic dignity and include them into the national mainstream.

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