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Natural SPA waters and their environments were known since ancient times and used for health or recreational purposes in different societies, worldwide.
Lory Marika Margarucci +3 more
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Embodiment of Untouchability: Cinematic Representations of the “Low” Caste Women in India
Ironically, feudal relations and embedded caste based gender exploitation remained intact in a free and democratic India in the post-1947 period. I argue that subaltern is not a static category in India.
Atwal Jyoti
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Contextualisation of the safeTALK™ Suicide Prevention Program: A Descriptive Qualitative Study. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Suicide prevention programmes have effectively reduced suicidal behaviours, increased knowledge and fostered help‐seeking. However, suicide is a complex phenomenon, and its risk and protective factors differ across cultures. Objective To contextualise the LivingWorks safeTALK™ suicide prevention programme for secondary school ...
Poudel RP +4 more
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A History of Untouchability in Nepal
This study tries to explore how the practice of untouchability developed in the ancient Indian Aryan society and over time entered Nepal and gradually took root in Nepali society.
Dol Raj Kafle
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This paper provides a critical analysis of Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability, a graphic biography on the experiences of caste discrimination and resistance that Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar recorded in his autobiographical illustrations, and CNN hailed ...
MK Shamsudheen
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Islam is known for its egalitarian teachings and unequivocal rejection of discrimination based on color, race, and ethnicity. However, as is the case with many other religious traditions, the disparity between the teachings of Islam and the practice of ...
Khaista Rahman, M. Akram
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Moving untouched: B. R. Ambedkar and the racialization of untouchability
This paper analyses the complex nature of untouchability by examining its connections to space and racialization in Ambedkar’s political writings, including his experiences of using movement through space as a counter-hegemonic strategy.
Jesús F. Cháirez-Garza
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Financial untouchability: a polysemic narrative of digital financial inclusion in Modi’s India
India’s post-GFC digital financial inclusion project has been conveyed by an officially constructed polysemic narrative that connotes three distinctive semantic fields: (a) post-colonial Indian developmental policies; (b) post-GFC financialising ...
Ismail Ertürk, I. Ghosh, Kadambari Shah
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“Yes, I am Joseph Bhatti Choohra:” Reading Joseph Bhatti as a Palimpsest
This paper explores how Mohammed Hanif’s 2011 novel Our Lady of Alice Bhatti challenges the construct of “Pak-ness” (purity), which is at the heart of the idea of Pakistan and Pakistani national identity.
Mushtaq Bilal
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An Exploration of the Aesthetics of Dalit Trauma in Mulk Raj Anand’s "Untouchable"
The Dalit community has suffered generational, multi-faceted and institutionalised discrimination as a result of the implementation of the Hindu caste system in the Indian society for religious and political reasons.
Bianca Cherechés
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