ACKNOIILEDGEHENT
owe
I
Ahmad,
my
subject
debt of gratitude
a
to
supervisor, for his unfailing
matter
of this research.
'
Aijazuddin
Professor
His
interest
in
the
encouragement
and
critical appreciation have not only enriched the methodological
insights
into the study, but also continue to
be
an
invaluable personal asset.
I
am deeply obliged to my teachers in the
the Study of Regional Development.
ful
to
Centre
for
I am particularly grate-
Prof. H.H. Qureshi, Prof. Amitav Kundu, Prof.
Sivasami
K.S.
and Prof. Atiya Habeeb Kidwai, who have helped
most ungrudgingly whenever I have approached them.
I
me
shall
carry with me the warmth of their affectionate encouragement
all my life.
ing
staff
I am grateful to the members of the non-teachof
the Centre for their
friendly
support
and
cooperation all through the course of the preparation of the
thesis.
I wish to place on rAcord my gratitude to the
ties
of
the Haharaja Sayajh.·ao University
of
authori-
Baroda
for
granting me a study-leave to enable me to complete my unfinished research.
During
parts
the
long and tedious field-work
in
different
of the country, I have received enormous support
and
ii
hospitality
named.
from a number of friends - both named
Hr. Humtaz Khan and Dr. Anwar Ali
and
Ansari
un-
extended
their cordial hospitality at Dungarpur during the survey
Doonka and Nawa Ghara villages of the district.
and
The
the coach of the Tribal Hostel at Doonka were
stant help to me in this remote Aravalli village.
have
been
an
extremely difficult proposition
of
warden
of
con-
It
for
would
me
to
conduct field survey at Dandakaranya without the much needed
help and support of the Dandakaranya Development Authorities
(DDA).
who
Hr. Hrinal
Chakravarty~
DDA~
Welfare Officer in the
took· a personal interest in sorting out my problems
that
deeply
wooded tract
deserves my thanks.
of ·Koraput
district
in
eminently
I am grateful to the Central Coal-Field
Limited authorities at Giddi coalmines near Ramgarh town
of
Hazaribagh district for extending all possible help in
th.fs
unfamiliar place.
I
recall
Debendra Kumar
with pleasure my long association
Nayak~
Lecturer in
Geography~
with
Dr.
NEHU, Shillong,
who was a constant inspiration and help from the day I began
my
work.
myself
Whenever I felt desperate and
helpless~
I
at Shillong and took Debendra for granted as
found
if
my
research were equally his own responsibility.
didi
The love and affection received from Bibhutibhai,
Hinu
and their two children, Bitoo and Raja during my
fre-
iii
quent
visits to Delhi is unparalleled.
They never
allowed
me to feel the absence of my family members and ungrudgingly
shared
all
my
worries and
difficulties~
so
common
to
a
research scholar.
Hy
Dr. K.C.
Dhall~
kant
friends~
Tripathi~
Kishore
Tiwari~
Joadder~
Dr. Sudershan
Dwarka
Dr. Iqbal Singh and his wife
Unita~
dra
Dr. (Hrs.)
Dr. Dinesh
Nandan~
Dayaram
Hussain
and his wife
difficult
to
ance
Pratap~
Yadav and his wife
Sanjay
Hr.
Kamla-
Panigrahi~
Sachidanand Sinha and his wife
Prasad~
Verma~
Hr.
Krishna
Aradhana~
Hadhumita~
to enumerate individually.
Dr. Jiten-
Dhankar~
Hary have helped me in
Dr.
Rupinder~
Dr.
Tahir
several
I am highly
ways
indebted
each one of them for their personal support and
assist-
which they extended to me whenever they felt I was
in
need of it.
I place on record my gratefulness to all my
in the Department of
Geography~
H.S.U.,
encouragement and personal support.
to
Hr.
H.C. Ghia for his keen
involvement;
partment,
and
Vadodara,
colleagues
for
their
I am specially indebted
affectionate
Dr. (Hrs.) Vimla Rangaswamy, Head of
for her persistent encouragemenC· and Dr.
personal
the
De-
(Hrs.)
Jayashree De for taking most of the burden to herself in the
joint project we were engaged in.
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These long years of research work stood between me
my parents who silently wished all success for my work
long distances.
at
They solidly stood with me and my
a time when they needed my support the most.
She
from
research
Hy
Ranjita had to lead a nomadic life because of my own
bility throughout the period of research.
and
wife,
insta-
unhesitantly
sacrificed all her dreams for the success of my research and
immersed
herself
in household chores and
child-care.
Hy
little son Saran grew up with this research and his innocent
smiles
were the only breaks from the monotony of writing
a
research report.
I
am
grateful
to Hr. Kirit
Joshi
for
cartographic
assistance. Hedia Point, Camp's Corner, Vadodara, and Hr. Om
Prakash and Hr. Dewendra Tiwari of Jawaharlal Nehru
sity
eminently
deserve
my gratitude for
typing
Univerout
thesis with such care and patience.
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