
Hope or Hurdle? NEP 2020 and the Education of the Marginalized
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 aims to transform India's education system with a focus on inclusivity and access. However, for marginalized communities, the effectiveness of these reforms re...

Vanishing Grants: The Fate of Higher Education in India
The foundational principle upon which our education systems rest is fundamentally based on the democratic values of: secularism, federalism, liberty, and equality. The New Education Policy (NEP), 2020...

NEP and Rising Salaries
The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has been hailed as a transformative framework for Indian education, introducing sweeping reforms aimed at structural change and improving access, quality, and...
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AGRICULTURE, POPULATION, CASTE AND CLASS
The Middle Class as the Class of no Class
An attempt to understand some of the ambiguities around what it means to be middle class in India has been made in this paper. It also discusses the influence that the middle class supposedly has on I...
Health and Nutrition in India: A Caste and Class Perspective
The intersectionality of caste, class and gender shapes multiple dimensions of social life in India. The interplay of these factors has a major effect on the health and nutrition status of children an...
On the Margins in Gods Own City: The Geography of the Scheduled Castes in Varanasi
Varanasi, being one of the most socially diverse cities of India has been moulded over time by the underlying religio-ritual processes. There is a relatively weaker religious association of the Schedu...
Caste, Class and the Power of Water: The Socio-Political Ecology of Drinking Water in Rural India
The narrative of a village in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh finds that caste and class hierarchies effectively influence the decision making on water allocation, use, and control over drinking water. In th...
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AGRICULTURE, POPULATION, CASTE AND CLASS
The Middle Class as the Class of no Class
An attempt to understand some of the ambiguities around what it means to be middle class in India has been made in this paper. It also discusses the influence that the middle class supposedly has on Indian politics despite these uncertainties.
Health and Nutrition in India: A Caste and Class Perspective
The intersectionality of caste, class and gender shapes multiple dimensions of social life in India. The interplay of these factors has a major effect on the health and nutrition status of children and women of marginalised sections. Moreover, women are exploited by the trilogy of caste, class and patriarchy. This feature underscores that women and children of disadvantaged groups continue to be d...
On the Margins in Gods Own City: The Geography of the Scheduled Castes in Varanasi
Varanasi, being one of the most socially diverse cities of India has been moulded over time by the underlying religio-ritual processes. There is a relatively weaker religious association of the Scheduled Castes with the mainstream Hindu society of the city. This is manifested through their inconsequential roles in the religio-ritual practices performed at various temples, influenced by the earlier...
