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The Capital–Labour–State Dynamics of Herbicide Adoption in Rainfed India

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper engages debates around the capital–labour–state dynamics of agrarian transitions to address the oft‐studied but still little‐understood question of why farmers adopt herbicides when they do. Over the last several years, smallholder farmers in India have begun using the herbicide bispyribac sodium at breakneck speeds, particularly in
Carly Nichols, Nidhi Kumari
wiley   +1 more source

ELEPHANT TRUMPET

Inmaterial, 2022
This text weaves reflections on the (im)possibility of foregrounding caste-subalterns’, specifically Dalits’ experiences and imaginations of the Bengal Famine of 1943.
Ram Krishna Ranjan
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Hate Speech against Dalits on Social Media: Would a Penny Sparrow be Prosecuted in India for Online Hate Speech?

Caste, 2021
This article analyzes the Indian hate speech law from the perspective of social media. Recent research shows extensive use of caste-based hate speech on Facebook, including derogatory references to caste-based occupations such as manual scavenging.
Devanshu Sajlan
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The Paradoxes of the Spiritual Self: Disidentification as a Marker of Identity

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how practitioners of self‐spirituality conceptualize their spiritual identity. On the basis of 62 in‐depth interviews with secular Jewish Israelis engaged in various spiritual practices, we find that spiritual identity is constructed through a distinctive cultural logic we term disidentification—a systematic resistance to ...
Nurit Zaidman, Michal Pagis
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: Dalit Theology and Dalit Liberation: Problems, Paradigms and Possibilities by Peniel Rajkumar [PDF]

, 2012
A book review of Peniel Rajkumar\u27s Dalit Theology and Dalit Liberation: Problems, Paradigms and Possibilities by Sathianathan ...
Clarke, Sathianathan
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Racial Inequality, Growth and Distribution

Metroeconomica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A post‐Keynesian‐Kaleckian model along structuralist lines is developed to incorporate the issue of racial inequality into the analysis of growth and distribution. It draws on ideas presented in the literature about the relationship between class inequality between capitalists and workers, and racial inequality between White and Black workers,
Amitava Krishna Dutt
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Intertwined Critical Realms: Caste, Babas, Deras, and Social Capital Formation in Punjab (India)

Religions
Deras are generally perceived as an alternative socio-religious space frequented mostly by lower castes and economically weaker sections of society. They promise to make a significant difference to the lives of such vulnerable sections of society by ...
Ronki Ram
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Book Review: \u3ci\u3eRamana Maharishi: Interpretations of His Enlightenment\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

, 2017
Book review of Ramana Maharishi: Interpretations of His Enlightenment. By J. Glenn Friesen.
Ulrich, Edward T.
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A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
wiley   +1 more source

Caste and Colourism: Analysing Social Meanings of Skin Colour in Dalit and Savarna Discourses

Caste
We know little about how skin colour is used to discriminate and dehumanise Dalits in everyday language. Thus, the construction of fairness and darkness of skin colour in savarna perception and the qualities attributed need to be under-stood through the
Kavya Harshitha Jidugu
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