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Unfree Labour : did indenture reduce labour supply to tea plantations in Assam? [PDF]

Migration to tea plantations in Assam in the 19th century used indentured contracts. These contracts differed by conditions of harshness. Migration under the Special Act gained notoriety by giving tea planter the right of private arrest.
Gupta, Bishnupriya, Swamy, Anand V.
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A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
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Space and Place precarity in the Global South: The Case of Tea Garden Workers in Assam

Social Inclusion
Tea plantations in South Asia were notorious for the slavery-like working conditions during the colonial period. Although the factors such as the colonial state and closed economy among others that enabled the slavery-like work conditions have changed ...
Rajesh Kalarivayil, Balaka Chattaraj, Smitha Sasidharan Nair   +2 more
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Severity of Betel Quid Use Disorders (BUD) Among Adult Indian Betel Quid Chewers

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Oral cancer is a major public health problem in India, with the highest number of cases and deaths in the world, and Betel Quid (BQ) chewing is responsible for almost 50% of cases. BQ Use Disorder (BUD) prevalence and severity have never been investigated among Indian BQ chewers.
Stefano Petti, Roopa Shamsundar Rao, Pallavi Deshmukh, Sowmya Gujjar Vishnu Rao, Ashok Lingappa, Krishna Sireesha Sundaragiri, Chandni Shekhawat, Tejavathi Nagaraj, Surendra Lakshminarayana, Saman Warnakulasuriya   +9 more
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Sociodemographic and clinical profiles of individuals with opioid dependence syndrome presenting to a tertiary care center in Assam: A retrospective review

Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Background: Opioid dependence is a critical public health issue in Northeast India, with limited data available on the affected population. Aim: This study examines the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of opioid-dependent individuals in Assam ...
Pranjal J. Chakravarty, Tathagata Mahintamani, Diptadhi Mukherjee, Partha P. Daimary, Hemanta Dutta   +4 more
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Socio-Economic Challenges of the Construction Boom: Transformation of Recruitment Methods and Employment Practices [PDF]

SocioEconomic Challenges
India’s recent expansion in construction and real estate, particularly in Assam, has created significant employment opportunities and increased the variety of livelihood options.
Dhritiraj Sarma, Suresh Kr. Nath
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“I Paid A Bribe”—Lessons and Insights From Crowdsourced Corruption Reporting in India

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Preventing and reducing corruption has proven to be an enormous challenge. An important step in this process is to produce and use good metrics to identify where anti‐corruption resources would be most beneficial. Most measures of corruption, however, rely on surveys of perceptions or bribery incidence.
Ina Kubbe, Bonnie J. Palifka, Lasse Buschmann Alsbirk   +2 more
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Women Empowerment in Assam [PDF]

The present paper is an attempt to analyze the status of women and their empowerment in terms of various indicators such as access to education, employment, household decision making power, financial autonomy, freedom of movement, exposure to media ...
Mahanta, Bidisha, Nayak, Purusottam
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Rethinking ‘Hill‐Valley Divide’ in Darjeeling District, India: An Autoethnographic Approach to Highland Identities

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research examines the Hill‐Valley divide in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, where Nepali‐speaking hill communities coexist with Bengali‐speaking valley populations. It argues that this division is a colonial construct, shaped by British policies that romanticised the hills as a ‘mini‐England’ while separating them from the valley
Yalember Dewan
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Analysis of the Methods of Preservation of Manuscripts in Assam

Prachi Prajna
Manuscripts were created before the printing process and they can impart invaluable knowledge about language, society, culture, and its development, etc. these methods can be used as a medium of communication to history.
Abhinandan Saikia, Manisha Sarma
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