The present history of West Bengal : essays in political criticism / Partha Chatterjee. Chatterjee, Partha, 1947- DS485.B493 C485 1997 954.14 21 CHP Includes bibliographical references and index. Is it possible to write history alongside historical events? This is the question the author tries to grapple with in these essays, which study patterns of agrarian transformation in West Bengal and Bangladesh, caste and politics in Bengal, CPI(M) party organization, culture, the legacy of Naxalbari, and political strategy for agrarian change. Students of politics, sociology and history, and journalists will find this book essential reading. It will also interest, and even fascinate, the general reader. Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. 1997. 1997 Text xiv, 223 p. : eng West Bengal (India) Politics and government.