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The Sikhs and caste : a study of the Sikh community in Leeds and Bradford [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
This thesis examines the persistence of caste among the Sikh community in Leeds and, to some extent, in the neighbouring city of Bradford. The notion that the Sikhs are a casteless brotherhood is challenged in the context of a brief discussion of the ...
Kalsi, Sewa Singh
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Caste studies today

open access: yesOñati Socio-Legal Series, 2023
Starting with an individual report in a leading British periodical of higher education, this article fans outwards to show how the contemporary field of caste studies reflects the degeneracy of its methods and claims.
Prakash Shah
doaj   +1 more source

Newar marriage and kinship in Kathmandu, Nepal [PDF]

open access: yes, 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, Anil M
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Otras Indias: Lo que pueden mostrar las ONGs

open access: yesIndialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, 2017
Un diálogo con la directora y fundadora de la ONG española Akshy India, Raquel Mason Palomeque.
Jorge Diego Sánchez
doaj   +1 more source

Caste-specific phenotypic plasticity of Asian weaver ants: Revealing the allometric and non-allometric component of female caste system of Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by using geometric morphometrics

open access: yesSociobiology, 2021
In eusocial insects, particularly in ants, caste differentiation is extremely complicated when we rely on traditional taxonomy. In most species, the worker caste does not display any distinct morphological characters neither the caste’s central division ...
K. V. Mahima   +5 more
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Caste(d) knowledges: (Self)-problematising epistemic impunity and caste-privilege in academia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
How can socially privileged researchers engage with as well as analyse marginalising discourses without co-opting the experiences and knowledges of marginalised communities? This inquiry forms the focus of the present article.
Dixit, Anukriti, Anukriti Dixit
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Some Theoretical Considerations on Caste

open access: yesDhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 2014
Caste as a system of social stratification was an encompassing system in the past. There was reciprocal system of exchange goods and services. With time, occupation and mode of generation of livelihood of various caste groups changed, and the traditional
Madhusudan Subedi
doaj   +1 more source

Caste Based Discrimination on Dalits Residing in India- A Critical Review

open access: yesShodh Sari
Caste is not confined with values and ideas alone in this present world. It showcases the behavioral attitudes of the people towards it. Caste system is conceived as a purposive rationality.
Rimli Rajan
doaj   +1 more source

Dramatic Theology: A Hermeneutical Framework for Discerning the Cultural Realities and the Role of Christianity in India

open access: yesReligions, 2022
This article explains how dramatic theology can discern, evaluate, and interpret critically different cultural institutions and bring forward the uniqueness of Christian revelation in a pluralistic world.
George Thomas Kuzhippallil
doaj   +1 more source

Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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