Caste and Class in India: Perspectives from the past and recent
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Catalyzing Change: Youth Activism Combating Air Pollution
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Can The State be Sued for Air Pollution Deaths: In conversation with Senior Advocate Raj Panjwani on accountability and enforceability of air quality regulations.
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Emission Markets and Congestion Tax: In Conversation with Dr Anant Sudarshan on experimental economics for mitigating air pollution
As air pollution continues to be an issue of great concern across India, there is an urgent need to engage with various stakeholders to help mitigate the debilitating health hazard caused by air pollu...
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Understanding Caste and Class: Categories and Measurement
The caste has been a unique social institution in India. It has also emerged in a new form after the mandalisation of caste in the early 1990s resulting in the extension of reservation to Other Backwa...
Social Diversity, Hierarchy and Cultural Heterogeneity among Muslims of India
Though the media and other journalistic literature in recent years have projected Muslims as socially ‘monolithic’ and with the same ‘identity’ of ‘Muslimness’, Muslims in India, are as diverse and as...
Caste and Class in Indian Agriculture
The study reviews varying perspectives on the debate of caste and class in Indian Agriculture. It evaluates the emergence of caste and class differentials from the colonial to post independence period...
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Understanding Caste and Class: Categories and Measurement
The caste has been a unique social institution in India. It has also emerged in a new form after the mandalisation of caste in the early 1990s resulting in the extension of reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government jobs and also in admissions to colleges and universities. The relative size of population of various caste groups particularly of the OBCs is also a matter of debate. C...
Social Diversity, Hierarchy and Cultural Heterogeneity among Muslims of India
Though the media and other journalistic literature in recent years have projected Muslims as socially ‘monolithic’ and with the same ‘identity’ of ‘Muslimness’, Muslims in India, are as diverse and as disparate as ‘Hindus’. The religion as a thin veneer is spread over a block of diverse social practices and conceptions of sub-continental origin like caste, community, kinship, race, gender, languag...
