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Orientalisms within: Encountering Indian Subaltern Experiences

Altre Modernità, 2012
The paper looks at the Indian nation, which grows increasingly intolerant of heterogenity. The death of M.F. Husain, the Rushdie controversy and the censoring of A.K. Ramanujan’s essay attest this fact.
Tom Thomas
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'Ambedkar's constitution': A radical phenomenon in anti-caste discourse? [PDF]

, 2021
During the last few decades, India has witnessed two interesting phenomena. First, the Indian Constitution has started to be known as ‘Ambedkar’s Constitution’ in popular discourse. Second, the Dalits have been celebrating the Constitution.
Bhaskar, Anurag
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Caste Aside? Names, Networks and Justice in the Courts of Bihar, India

European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
This 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, Daniel L. Chen, Shareen Joshi, Peter Neis   +3 more
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Caste and the bar dancer

, 2013
While Maya Pandit identifies the State’s wrath against lower-caste female sexuality as the root cause of the ban on dancing, this comment on dance bar debate argues that the very reason for the legal ban can be found in the caste and gender politics in ...
Dalwai, Sameena
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Differential Gene Expression and Protein Abundance Evince Ontogenetic Bias toward Castes in a Primitively Eusocial Wasp

, 2010
Polistes paper wasps are models for understanding conditions that may have characterized the origin of worker and queen castes and, therefore, the origin of paper wasp sociality.
Hunt, James H, Toth, Amy L, Thomas C Newman, Amdam, Gro V, Wolschin, Florian, Henshaw Michael T., Michael T Henshaw, Wolschin Florian, Amy L Toth, Toth Amy L., James H Hunt, Amdam Gro V., Gro V Amdam, Hunt James H., Newman Thomas C., Henshaw, Michael T, Newman, Thomas C, Florian Wolschin   +17 more
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Newar marriage and kinship in Kathmandu, Nepal

, 2000
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.This thesis presents a descriptive and analytical study of Newar marriage and kinship in Kathmandu.
Sakya, A.M., Sakya, Anil M
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Caste and labour migration

Nepal Labour Migration Report 2024’s silence on caste reinforces the myth that migration is casteless.https://kathmandupost.com/columns/2025/12/21/caste-and-labour ...
Bhagat, A, Shrestha, A
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Caste Discrimination and Transaction Costs in the Labor Market: Evidence from Rural North India [PDF]

This paper is an empirical attempt to quantify caste-based discrimination in the labor market using household data taken from rural North India. In the regression analysis, transaction costs associated with entry into the labor market and reservation ...
Takahiro Ito
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tsrsilva/caste-and-phenotypic-mosaic-ontology: Preliminary release for cato

, 2018
Repository for the caste and phenotypic mosaic ontology ...
tsrsilva
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Caste and democratic politics in India

, 2004
The Indian constitution seeks to prevent the perpetuation of caste and build a casteless social system. But this has not happened over the fifty-odd years since Indian independence, and shows little sign of happening in the near future.
Assadi, M.
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