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Dalit or Brahmanical Patriarchy? Rethinking Indian Feminism
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
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
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]
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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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
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
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
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
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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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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