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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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Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Marginalized Populations: Prevalence and Risk Factors Among the Bantar Community of Sunsari, Nepal

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
Intestinal parasite infections remain highly prevalent (53.3%) among the Bantar community in Sunsari, Nepal, with Ascaris lumbricoides being the most common parasite and nail‐biting habit identified as a significant risk factor. The findings highlight the urgent need for targeted water, sanitation, hygiene, and health education interventions.
Mukesh Kumar Mahato, Jitendra Gautam, Niten Bharati, Darwin Niroula, Krishna Prasad Acharya, Tulsi Ram Gompo, Kishor Pandey   +6 more
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Fertility Awareness and Attitudes Toward Parenthood Among University Students in Chitwan, Nepal: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
University students show limited fertility awareness and less favorable attitudes toward parenthood. Misconceptions about age‐related fertility decline and infertility risks may delay informed decisions. Attitudes vary by age, ethnicity, and religion, highlighting the need for structured, age‐appropriate fertility education and counseling to support ...
Osin Gurung, Radha Devi Dhakal, Pushpa Sigdel, Anita Ghimire   +3 more
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Dalitism and the Case of Kashmiri Women

Samyukta: A Journal of Gender and Culture, 2019
This paper contends how the parameters of Dalitism and Dalit-feminism are differently defined vis-a-vis the crisis of occupation in Kashmir and may be in certain ways applied to the case of the women there. Sandwiched between the politics of two battling nation states, India and Pakistan and their two conflicting discourses, the Hindu and Muslim ...
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Towards a Vision of the Whole Sky: Tracing the Changing Contours of Dalit Life in Baby Kamble’s Jinna Amucha and Urmila Pawar’s Aaydan

ILN Journal: Indian Literary Narratives
Autobiographical writing was one of the genres employed by Dalit women in India to explore new possibilities for constructing, confirming and subverting their caste based gendered subjectivity. These writings are a literary and historical corpus for both
Dr Shimi Moni Doley
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Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Dalit Communities in Gorkha, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Pregnancy, 2018
Background and Objective. Antenatal care (ANC) is one of the main components of maternal health. Utilization of safe motherhood is deprived in women who belong to low-caste groups like Dalit of Nepal.
Mamata Sherpa Awasthi, Kiran Raj Awasthi, Harish Singh Thapa, Bhuvan Saud, Sarita Pradhan, Roshani Agrawal Khatry   +5 more
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Prevalence and determinants of non-communicable diseases risk factors among reproductive aged women of Nepal: Results from Nepal Demographic Health Survey 2016.

PLoS ONE, 2020
INTRODUCTION:Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are the major killer diseases globally. They share the common risk factors such as smoking, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, and low fruits/vegetable consumption.
Bihungum Bista, Raja Ram Dhungana, Binaya Chalise, Achyut Raj Pandey   +3 more
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Alimentação e codificação social. Mulheres, cozinha e estatuto Food and social codification. Women, cuisine and status

Cadernos Pagu, 2012
Este artigo tem como base um trabalho etnográfico de longa duração realizado na Índia rural (Gujarate) com um grupo de mulheres Dalit (termo pelo qual são designados os "antigos" intocáveis da Índia) e, por extensão, mulheres de outros grupos sociais ...
Rosa Maria Perez
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Cultural Ambivalence and Dalit Narrative : An Reading of Bama’s Karukku

ILN Journal: Indian Literary Narratives
This article explores Karukku, the groundbreaking autobiography by Dalit Christian writer Bama, through the lens of cultural ambivalence and Dalit identity.
P. Priyadharshini, Dr N. Hemamalini
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Smoking and smokeless tobacco use among urban women and men In Nepal

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Tobacco consumption causes diseases and can lead to death. Every year 16,000 deaths are attributable to tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco in Nepal.
Bikesh Bajracharya
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