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Dalit or Brahmanical Patriarchy? Rethinking Indian Feminism

open access: yesCASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, 2020
The present paper argues that the conceptualisation of notions like ‘dalit’ or ‘intracaste’ or ‘multiple’ patriarchies results from a misunderstanding of the concept brahmanical patriarchy.
Sunaina Arya
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Dalit Women in India: At the Crossroads of Gender, Class, and Caste

open access: yesGlobal Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric, 2015
As the lowest in the caste hierarchy, Dalits in Indian society have historically suffered caste-based social exclusion from economic, civil, cultural, and political rights.
Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal, Wandana Sonalkar
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Intersecting Dalit and Cultural Studies: De-brahmanising the Disciplinary Space

open access: yesCASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, 2020
The paper begins with the context in which Dalit culture and resistance emerges and the way brahmanical social order tries to maintain their status quo through established cultural inequalities with the dominance of power and knowledge.
Prashant Ingole
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Health disparity at the intersection of religion and caste: Evidence from India [PDF]

open access: yesDialogues in Health
Objective: The provisions and recognition of Schedule Castes (SCs), the constitutional term for the Dalits in India, have been exclusively extended to Hindus, Buddhists, and Sikhs (HBS).
Biplab Kumar Datta, Shriya Thakkar
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From Bama’s Karukku ([1992] 2014) to Yashica Dutt’s Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir (2019): The Changing Nature of Dalit Feminist Consciousness

open access: yesRevista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 2023
Dalit literature articulates the oppression and exploitation faced by Dalits in a caste-ridden society as it records their social and cultural lives before and after India’s independence.
Bianca Cherechés
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The Doubly Marginalized Self in 20th Century Dalit Autobiographies

open access: yesNesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023
This paper situates the genre of autobiography in the context of Indian society, which is divided on the basis of caste, lowest among them being Dalits.
Vishakha Kardam
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Socio-Economic Realities of Muslim Dalits Women in India During Covid-19

open access: yesInternational Journal of Islamic Khazanah, 2022
Contemporary India is a primitive, patriarchal society of various feudal tribes. When we refer to caste in the political and economic structures of many cultures, we understand the apparent dichotomy between faith and the role of "one woman".
Rimmi Datta, Jayanta Mete
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Dahankal: A Subaltern Speaks Aesthetically

open access: yesTranscript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, 2022
This essay explores the theme of the Bengali novel Dahankal and places it in the Dalit literary corpus of Bengal. To do this a historical survey in the field of Dalit literature of Bengal is presented along with an explanation of the phrase ‘Dalit ...
Susmita Basu
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Being Insider-Outsider: Public Policy, Social Identity, and Delivery of Healthcare Services in India

open access: yesCaste, 2022
The pivotal role of community level workers in the delivery of public services is well-recognized. But, they often fail to provide equal opportunities to all ‘eligible’ beneficiaries to utilize a variety of public services.
G. C. Pal
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Inequality in Access to Medical Education in India: Implications for the Availability of Health Professionals

open access: yesCaste, 2022
This study examines the access of students from diverse backgrounds to medical education in India. It shows how inequalities existing in society may entail significant social injustices with regard to access to a career in medicine.
Khalid Khan
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