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The Caste Negotiations of Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) in Colonial Ceylon
CasteAnalyses involving Anagarika Dharmapala (1864–1933) and his relationship to caste— rare enough as they are—often mirror conversations on the position of caste in Sri Lanka more generally.
Bhadrajee Hewage
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Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.This paper argues that variation among individuals—not just species differences—can shape the sensitivity, robustness and resilience of plant–pollinator communities under global change. By linking individual traits and interaction structure to network dynamics, it provides a new framework and future research directions for predicting community ...
James DeWitt Crall +1 more
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Recasting the Brahmin: Martin Wickramasinghe and the Epistemic Critique of Caste
CasteThe dominant public perception is that caste is a matter of minor and diminishing significance in Sri Lanka, especially for the Sinhalese, who form the island’s ethnic majority.
Praveen Tilakaratne
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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014 Hair casts or pseudonits are circumferential concretions, which cover the hair shaft in such a way that, it could be easily removed. They are thin, cylindrical, and elongated in length. We present an unusual case of an 8-year-old girl presenting with hair casts. Occurrence of these is unusual, and they may have varied associations.
Sweta S Parmar +2 more
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‘I’m an Upper Caste Myself’: Caste Identities in Negotiating Casteism
CasteCaste is the single most important determinant of life outcomes in India (Pathania et al., 2023; Teltumbde, 2022; Yengde, 2019). Caste is pervasive—in our homes, friendships, places of worship, love and marriage, clothing, language, food, and more. Caste
Rahul Sambaraju
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Social Psychological Explorations of Caste: Unravelling Challenges and Discovering Opportunities
CasteDespite our expectations that technological advancements, globalization, and the ensuing modernity and equality would strip away the relevance of caste hierarchies, caste remains a significant aspect that drives Indians’ social experiences.
Iram Fatima +2 more
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Caste in South Asia: From Ritual Hierarchy to Politics of Difference
Politeja, 2016 Caste has been in existence for centuries in South Asia, though its forms and contents vary across the region. Caste is a mode of power, a weapon of action and one of the criteria of making people’s collective identity within groups.
Madhusudan Subedi
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Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
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Caste Aside? Names, Networks and Justice in the Courts of Bihar, India
European Journal of Empirical Legal StudiesThis study investigates the impact of social identity on judicial processes and outcomes at the Patna High Court over a decade (2009 to 2019). We employ machine learning algorithms to infer caste status from surnames (names) in court records.
Sandeep Bhupatiraju +3 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The British army in India took great care to provide European troops with facilities for sexual relations while anxiously managing venereal disease. Examining archival evidence, political debates and medical discourse from the nineteenth century, this article examines the colonial military enterprise of regulated prostitution in colonial ...
Sameera Chauhan
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