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Notable examples of Charal literature include Jatin Bala's Sekor Chhera Jibon (An Uprooted Life) and Samaj Chetanar Galpa (Stories of Social Awakening) and Kalyani Charal's Chandalinir Kobita. The development of Dalit literature in Bengal was significantly influenced by the leadership of Harichand Thakur, a prominent figure in the Motua ...
Many communities experience social exclusion, such as racial (e.g. black), caste (e.g. untouchables or dalits in some regions in India), and economic (e.g. Romani) communities. One example is the Aboriginal community in Australia. The marginalization of Aboriginal communities is a product of colonization.
Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across
Recasting Women: Essays in Colonial History [1] is a 1989 book, edited by Kumkum Sangari [2] and Sudesh Vaid, [3] published by Kali for Women in India and by the Rutgers University Press in the United States. The anthology attempts to explore the inter-relation of patriarchies with political economy, law, religion and culture and to suggest a ...
An example of entrepreneurial work that women in India perform – selling produce at local markets Different studies have examined the women in entrepreneurship roles and the attitudes and outcomes surrounding their participation in this informal economic sector.
Demography and Democracy: Essays on Nationalism, Gender and Ideology. (Canadian Scholars' Press and Orient Blackswan) Inventing Subjects: Studies in Hegemony, Patriarchy and Colonialism. (Tulika) Dark Side of the Nation: Essays on Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Racism (Canadian Scholars Press)
The Argumentative Indian has brought together a selection of writings from Sen that outline the need to understand contemporary India in the light of its long argumentative tradition. The understanding and use of this argumentative tradition are critically important, Sen argues, for the success of India's democracy, the defence of its secular ...
The institution of slavery in India was not outright criminalized until the rule of the British East India Company was replaced by colonial rule in 1860. [ 116 ] British abolitionists generally termed slavery in India as benign slavery, because the majority of the Indian slaves sold themselves as slaves, and were assumed to remain voluntarily ...