Women Smugglers of Naxalbari

Amlan Lahiri
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Amlan Lahiri: Amlan Lahiri is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Cluny Women’s College, Kalimpong, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India. E-mail: amlan_lahiri@yahoo.co.in

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2010, vol. 17, issue 2, 287-295

Abstract: Poverty forces women to take up any work that is available. In North Bengal, India, many women work as ‘carriers’ for smugglers in the areas bordering Nepal. This article is a brief account of the women who transgress community norms to earn a little money in an unconventional economic activity.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/097152151001700205

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