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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Dalits"”.
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Realizing dignity : Dalits rights, land reform, and the learning of democratic citizenship
… Trust. My main argument is that by working with Dalits in Surendranagar Navsarjan caseworkers helped articulate and popularize what philosopher Martha Nussbaum has called the "public myth of equality." I develop this main argument by developing responses to four questions.
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Caste-based healthcare inequality in Dalit communities in Makwanpur, Nepal: A mixed-methods study
… in Nepal despite being illegal since 1962. Dalits (known as untouchables) rank at the bottom of the caste hierarchy and often experience discrimination due to notions of untouchability resulting in poor health outcomes. Caste-based inequality has an impact on the wellbeing of individuals, …
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Tribal Margins: Dalit Belonging and State Recognition in the Western Himalayas
… life. The introduction of self-identifying Gaddi Dalits, largely sedentary laborers and former landless tenants, into the transhumant tribe disrupts the colonial literature on Gaddis. It further unsettles assumptions of tribal egalitarianism and complicates how South Asian sociology theorizes the …
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A comparative study of tools and processes of empowerment and inclusion of marginalized communities as under affirmative action and the EU framework. The case of the Roma of Hungary and the Dalits of India
… Marginalized communities (in this case Roma and Dalits) could learn from their respective experiences with the support of their own governments, and such experience-sharing could go towards their eventual empowerment and inclusion in the society. - A positive approach in recognizing their …
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The counterinsurgency policies of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party of India and the Naxalite insurgency
… approach, using the government's neglect of Dalits and tribal peoples to its advantage. By 2006, the Indian National Congress (INC) government declared the insurgency a great threat to national security but implemented only half-hearted counterinsurgency efforts. In 2014, the Hindu …
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Foundations of Anti-caste Consciousness: Pandit Iyothee Thass, Tamil Buddhism, and the Marginalized in South India
… is about an anti-caste movement among Dalits (the oppressed as untouchable) in South India, the Parayar. Since the late 19th century, members of this caste, and a few others from Tamil-speaking areas, have been choosing to convert to Buddhism based on conscience and conviction. This …
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Dispossession of Matrimonial Choice in Contemporary India: Examining the Link between Cross-region Marriages, Neoliberal Capitalism, and New Forms of Gender Subordination
… of historically marginalized groups like the Dalits and the Muslims, with the women from these groups being dispossessed differentially due to their gender. This makes them vulnerable to cross-region marriage proposals. The dissertation draws on a four-year-long field-based inquiry conducted …
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Property Rights Or Property Wrong: Do Property Rights Matter In Household Access To Irrigation Water? Evidence From Mid-hills, Nepal
… that the tail-enders, female-headed households, dalits and small farmers appear to have weak access to water from the canals. However, farmers along these heterogeneities have different levels of access to water in irrigation systems governed by different property right regimes with farmers in …
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‘In the interests of justice’: cases of caste violence in the Supreme Court of India
… communities, now collectively identified as Dalits, are subjected to extreme marginalisation and violence. Caste-based discrimination is constitutionally recognised in India, and as a form of descent-based discrimination under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of …
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The Status, Survival, and Current Dilemma of a Female Dalit Cobbler of India
… three levels of oppression: females (gender), Dalits (caste), and cobblers (class). This study was based on three interconnected research questions that attempted to uncover the way class, caste, and gender hierarchies influence the lives of Dalit female cobblers: what the Dalit female cobbler …
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The Contours of Secularism in South Asian Minority Writing
… Anglo-Indians, Burghers, Parsis, and Dalits (earlier described as "untouchables"). I demonstrate that minority writing cannot insert the narrative of the minority--either the individual character or the community--into the larger narrative of the nation (or the majority community). …
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The political economy of conflict between indigenous communities and dominant societies: adivasis, Maoist insurgents and the state in the central Indian tribal belt
This thesis aims to understand the political sociology of Maoist insurgency in India using a combination of disaggregated statistics and qualitative data. The vast majority of insurgent leaders are from dominant or upper caste, middle class backgrounds. Their participation in the insurgency can be …
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Eknath Remembered and Reformed: Bhakti, Brahmans, and Untouchables in Marathi Historiography
This dissertation investigates how stories about the Marathi sant-poet Eknath of Paithan (1533-1599) interacting with untouchables changed over the course of three centuries of textual repetition and dramatic representation. In tracing memories of Eknath over such time and through various Marathi …