Scholarly Chronicle

The “Humane Archive” is a platform that archives the values, meaning, and dimensions of human beings, being in existence with nature, and its manifestations- non-human identities. This initiative is profoundly dedicated to archiving the documentary lives of ordinary people, as it frames the project as an act of compassionate preservation. The word “humane” establishes an ethic of empathy and dignity, promising that these stories will be explored with tenderness and a focus on our shared human qualities- our quiet resilience, subtle joys, and unspoken philosophies. Paired with “archive,” which signifies a permanent, curated collection; thus, the name elevates everyday existence to the status of a historical record. It declares that these uncelebrated lives are not fleeting moments but essential manifestations for understanding the human condition, worthy of being saved from oblivion and contemplated with care. In short, the purpose of this endeavour is a quiet, reflective counter-narrat...

Article; Tapas Sarkar: Li ke other indigenous people, Rajbanshi community is a mass tolerant indigenous and ethnically oriented community which has been, geographically and demographically, residing in different areas in diverse situations. As the four states of India- Bengal, Assam, Bihar, and Meghalaya are identified as Rajbanshi resident regions, and simultaneously the same community is also dwelling in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal with minimal existence. Whithersoever they are living, they are confronting extreme identity crisis being divided by political and geographical conditions. With this context the Rajbanshi community of the six districts of Bengal (Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and, especially Malda, Dakshin Dinajpur, and Uttar Dinajpur), are currently undergoing through traditional, cultural, social, and historical identity crisis surreptitiously containing the same language, identical culture, and similar but constantly modified tradition from generation to genera...