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'Ambedkar's Constitution': A Radical Phenomenon in Anti-Caste Discourse?
Caste, 2021 During the last few decades, India has witnessed two interesting phenomena. First, the Indian Constitution has started to be known as ‘Ambedkar’s Constitution’ in popular discourse. Second, the Dalits have been celebrating the Constitution.
Anurag Bhaskar
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Caste, 2022 Recent cases of caste-based workplace discrimination in Silicon Valley in the United States (US) have highlighted the practice of caste-based discrimination in the San Francisco (SF) Bay Area. Most documentation of caste-based discrimination in diaspora
Prem Pariyar +2 more
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Caste-ing Space: Mapping the Dynamics of Untouchability in Rural Bihar, India
Caste, 2021 B. R. Ambedkar, the scholar, activist, and chief architect of the Indian constitution, in his early twentieth century works, referred to the untouchable quarters in India as ghettos.
Indulata Prasad
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Religions, 2021 Christian conversion has become a major topic of discussion amongst academics, religious leaders, and policymakers alike in recent decades, especially in developing countries.
Bishnu Pariyar +3 more
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Tending Immanence, Transcending Sectarianism: Plane of Mixed Castes and Religions
Caste, 2021 The attempt in this article is to extrapolate the notion of hybridity latent in B. R. Ambedkar’s reflections on mixed castes, and outcastes, which subsequently leads to the causal link that he then derives gesticulating to social evils, namely, the ...
Roshni Babu
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The Bir Sunarwala: An Uncharted Dalit Land Movement of Haryana, India
Caste, 2023 Dalits are the lowest social group in the Indian caste hierarchy, formerly known as ‘untouchables’. They have been subjected to centuries of discrimination, violence and continue to face widespread social exclusion and economic deprivation.
Anand Mehra
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Caste, 2022 This essay is based on an empirical study conducted in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. It argues for the need of sub-caste level analysis among Dalits as regards their access to health resources. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative data,
Kanhaiya Kumar
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In Search of a Touchable Body: Christian Mission and Dalit Conversions
Religions, 2019 This paper significantly wishes to unpack the social and cultural impact of the mass religious conversion movements in Rayalaseema society with specific reference to Dalits during the period 1850 to 1880. This paper will use the archival material such as
Chakali Chandra Sekhar
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Citizenship and social security of landless Dalits in Nepal
Globe, 2018 The intertwined relationship between rights and responsibilities are reciprocal between people and the State. Citizenship and land ownership are fundamental means through which people's relationship with the State is adjudged and determined.
Tilak Biswakarma
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Caste, Kinship, and Life Course: Rethinking Women's Work and Agency in Rural South India [PDF]
, 2014 This paper reexamines the linkages between women's work, agency, and well-being based on a household survey and in-depth interviews conducted in rural Tamil Nadu in 2009 and questions the prioritization of workforce participation as a path to gender ...
Benería Lourdes +24 more
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