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Predicament of Dalits in the Select Poems Of Meena Kandasamy

Dalit Literature is the writings about dalits whose primary motive is the liberation of dalits. Dalit writers have provided useful insights on the question of Dalit identity through their poems, short stories, novels and autobiographies.
C. Shanmuga Priya
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Invisibility of "other" dalits and silence in the law

, 2019
For the first time, the 2011 census of India counted a population "other" than male or female. This essay takes a cue from the census and traces the invisibility of "other" Dalits, while attempting to break the silence about them in the law through life ...
Baudh, Sumit
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Positions of Dalits in Indian Social System [PDF]

, 2020
The Dalit Movement began as a protest movement in India. The Dalits (formerly correctly known as "Untouchables") with the "Other Backward Castes" are the majority of the Indian population.
Dr M M Abu Tayyab
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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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Dalits, internet y políticas emancipadoras

, 2018
The paper argues that Dalits in Maharashtra have learnt to make use of the internet in support of their emancipatory politics to voice their concerns about inequality, document instances of unfair treatment, rally together for a common cause, and share ...
Kumbhojkar, Shraddha
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Social Exclusion and Jobs Reservation in India

This paper argues that social exclusion robs people of their "confidence" and this loss adversely affects their capacity to function effectively. We may not be able to define confidence precisely but we know it when we have it and also when we lack it ...
Borooah, Vani
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Speak, Memory: Oral Histories of Kodaikanal Dalits

, 2018
International audienceSpeak, Memory. Oral Histories of Kodaikanal Dalits is the outcome of a research based on Dalit oral narratives, to record and to understand their interpretation of their own pasts.
de Heering, Alexandra
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The Dalits of Nepal and Their Struggles for Social Justice

Hira Vishwakarma describes the historical discrimination against the Dalits of Nepal and, based on the lessons learned from community-based victories in the struggle for equality, recommends strategies for national mobilization with and in support of the
Hira Vishwakarma
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Understanding Vikas: How Dalits Make Sense of Development in Rural Nepal

, 2017
The experiences, views and opinions of the marginalized people have generally not been included in the development discourse, even though they supposedly are the beneficiaries of development.
Sagar Shahi
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Living as a ‘minority’: A case of Buddhist-Dalits in contemporary Uttar Pradesh

The South Asianist, 2013
In this paper, I will deal with ‘converted-Buddhists’, Buddhist-Dalits, in western UttarPradesh, focusing on their religious-ritual practices and narratives.
Kenta Funahashi
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