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Hindutva and development

open access: yesInternational journal of health sciences, 2022
Development is a much abused term these days, thanks to the ‘Sangh Parivar’ government we have at the helm. I want to position myself as an observer - a class privileged, openly-gay, left leaning libertarian, law student and use my paper to unearth the methodology devised by the present-day government to marginalize vulnerable communities and repress ...
openaire   +1 more source

Mahatma Gandhi’s evaluation of the caste system as an element of the national independence movement in India [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Castes still determine the social reality of India in many fields and affect politics more and more by functioning as vote banks which are decisive in elections.
Stein, Jürgen
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Book Review: \u3cem\u3eEcclesial Identities in a Multi-Faith Context: Jesus Truth-Gatherings (Yeshu Satsangs) among Hindus and Sikhs in Northwest India\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Book Review of Ecclesial Identities in a Multi-Faith Context: Jesus Truth-Gatherings (Yeshu Satsangs) among Hindus and Sikhs in Northwest India. Darren Todd Duerksen.
Pohran, Nadya
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Resignifying Gender: How Women of the New Indian Middle Class Enact Gendered Aspiration in a Globalizing Society

open access: yesGender, Work &Organization, Volume 32, Issue 6, Page 2184-2196, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This work explores the dynamic interplay of gender and consumption among middle‐class women in post‐liberalization India. Through thirty‐three semi‐structured interviews, it examines how Indian women reshape gender norms in the context of self, family, and society, revealing the interplay between work and consumption serving as a medium for ...
Shenaz Rangwala   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hindutva, Neoliberalism and the Reinventing of India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The 2014 parliamentary election in India reduced Congress party to merely 44 seats in the lower house, big blow for a party whose history is integral the country’s founding narrative. In the last parliamentary election the Congress party polled only 19.3%
Siddiqui, Kalim
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Other Visions of the Economy: NGOs and Transformations of Islamic Charity in North India

open access: yesPoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 48, Issue 2, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This article explores how new Islamic charity NGOs in India are transforming age‐old practices of obligatory Islamic almsgiving (zakat). This transformation reconfigured the ritual of zakat from its historical emphasis on local giving among kin and neighbors to an NGO‐based developmentalist process.
Christopher B. Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Girmitiya nationalism: Lived cultures and diasporic bonding in a plural society

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1003-1017, October 2025.
Abstract Nationalism studies tend to focus on a relatively closed and abstract nation. This paper addresses these features by analysing the case of Girmitiya nationalism, a nationalism in the Indian diaspora that broadens the exclusive focus on the nation.
Ruben Gowricharn
wiley   +1 more source

Stalled Repatriation of Rohingya Refugees: Diplomatic Hurdles, Regional Politics, and the Path to Sustainable Solutions

open access: yesAsia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2025.
ABSTRACT The Rohingya people have sought refuge in Bangladesh following decades of ethnic and religious persecution in Myanmar. After the mass exodus in August 2017, Bangladesh launched emergency repatriation initiatives. In November 2017, Bangladesh and Myanmar reached a preliminary agreement on repatriation, despite widespread concerns from human ...
Jannatul Ferdous, Emrah Atar
wiley   +1 more source

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