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Baby Kamble's The Prisons We Broke as an Anti-Caste Manifesto

Caste
This essay will focus on the theoretical and political importance of anti-caste writings, taking Dalit feminist author Baby Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke (2009).
SOMA MANDAL SOMA MANDAL
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The Dalit Identity: Interrogating Dalit Literature and the need for Dalit Women’s Autobiography

International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences
The need for a Dalit feminist position is deeply rooted in the structural and generational experience of discrimination that Dalit women face—both within and outside the broader Dalit movement and Indian feminism. As Bama Faustina Susairaj highlights, the Dalit identity carries a stigma that persists regardless of social mobility, education, or ...
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Religious Conversion and Dalit Assertion among a Punjabi Dalit Diaspora

Sociological Bulletin, 2014
Drawing upon original ethnographic research amongst Punjabi Dalit communities within the UK and India, this paper examines post-transnational migration religious conversion from Sikhism to neo-Buddhism and Christianity, assessing the extent to which this process is simultaneously one of Dalit assertion and resistance to caste-based oppression, thereby ...
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Dalit Political Imagination and Replication in Contemporary Tamil Nadu [PDF]

, 2012
Tamil politics is dominated by the Dravidian parties and it is an indictment of their rule that untouchability and caste discrimination continue unabated in the state.
Gorringe, Hugo, Rajangam, Stalin, Karthikeyan, D.   +2 more
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Raving with Equality? On Protean Forms of Caste and Gender in the Women’s/Gender Studies Departments in India

Caste, 2023
Women’s and gender studies in the twenty-first century have transformed the question of theory and praxis across the globe. As a discipline, it is waging its struggle against diverse forms of power and patriarchy.
Smita M. Patil
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DALIT LITERATURE: A SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE [PDF]

, 2018
The word ‘dalit’ has been derived from the Sanskrit root word ‘dal’ which means to crush, so ‘dalit’ word as an adjective describes that section of society which has been crushed, trampled, mutilated and humiliated by the dominant hegemonized society ...
Sharma, Dr. S.B.
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Dalit theology and Dalit liberation : problems, paradigms and possibilities /

, 2010
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-201) and index.Answering some questions : the why, what and how of Dalit theology -- Questioning some answers : critical analysis of Dalit theology -- The way forward -- A Christian ethical framework of ...
Rajkumar, Peniel,
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Political Consciousness Among Dalit and Non-Dalit

International Journal of Social Sciences and Management
This study examines caste-based discrimination against Dalits in Bharatpur 12, Chitwan district, Nepal, focusing on their social, economic, and political conditions. Data were collected through a survey of Dalit and non-Dalit households using structured questionnaires. The results showed that most household heads were male.
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100% Pure Non-Vegetarian: Gastronomic Practices, Caste and Dalit Literatures

Sillages Critiques
This paper examines how caste-based discrimination in India manifests through gastronomic practices, arguing that food is a critical medium through which caste hierarchies are enforced, resisted, and embodied.
Gopika Gurudas
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Sickle Cell Disease: A Review Article on Social Pathology, Social Determinants, and Poverty

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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a complex genetic condition intertwined with social justice issues. Despite continuous medical advancements, addressing the deep-seated disparities and historical inequalities that disproportionately affect marginalized ...
Sunil Khaparde
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