Castas, raças e a política colonial na Índia by Andreas Hofbauer

“…Buscando uma alternativa a esta análise estruturalista clássica, o artigo aponta para os contextos históricos em que as castas se tornaram importantes organizações sociopolíticas e sofreram diversas remodelações: busca-se mostrar como as disputas locais, que envolviam colonizadores, elites brâmanes, protonacionalistas e até líderes dalits, contribuíram para a consolidação e disseminação do sistema de castas em todo o subcontinente. …”
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Trends and factors associated with pregnancies among adolescent women in Nepal: Pooled analysis of Nepal Demographic and Health Surveys (2006, 2011 and 2016). by Samikshya Poudel, Nawaraj Upadhaya, Resham Bahadur Khatri, Pramesh Raj Ghimire

“…Women who have low maternal education, low wealth index, unemployed, and ethnic groups such as Dalits, and Madeshi needs to be targeted while designing and implementing policies and programs.…”
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Study of housing conditions among people of a rural community in Morang, Eastern Nepal by Alok Acharya, Ava Pokhrel, Amar Kumar Yadav, Rimu Mishra

“…Covering of stored water was found in 75.8% Dalit and 61.2% Janajati (P=0.003). Improved sanitation was highest among other terai casts (78.1%) followed by Dalits (59.9%) and 58.2% Janajati (p=0.132). …”
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Accessing health services in India: experiences of seasonal migrants returning to Nepal by Pratik Adhikary, Nirmal Aryal, Raja Ram Dhungana, Radheshyam Krishna KC, Pramod R. Regmi, Kolitha Prabhash Wickramage, Patrick Duigan, Montira Inkochasan, Guna Nidhi Sharma, Bikash Devkota, Edwin van Teijlingen, Padam Simkhada

“…Most were from among the lowest castes so called-Dalits. Most migrants had had difficulty accessing healthcare services in India. …”
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Levels and determinants of health literacy and patient activation among multi-morbid COPD people in rural Nepal: Findings from a cross-sectional study. by Uday Narayan Yadav, Jane Lloyd, Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Kedar Prasad Baral, Narendra Bhatta, Mark Fort Harris

“…We found significant associations between poor HL levels in the HLQ domains and having no education, being female or from Indigenous and Dalits communities, and having a monthly family income of less than USD176. …”
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Socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle factors, multi-morbid conditions and depressive symptoms among Nepalese older adults by Uday Narayan Yadav, Tarka Bahadur Thapa, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Roshan Pokhrel, Mark Fort Harris

“…We found a significant association between DS and being female (aOR: 1.25, 95% CI: 0.89–2.09), Buddhism (aOR: 1.95, 95% CI: 1.58–2.42), Dalits (aOR: 2.60, 95% CI: 1.19–5.65), unemployed, low family income (aOR: 1.77, 95% CI: 1.07–2.92), smokers (aOR: 1.49, 95% CI: 1.01–2.20) and having chronic multi-morbid conditions (aOR: 1.67, 95% CI: 1.09–2.55). …”
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Factors Associated with Enrolment of Households in Nepal’s National Health Insurance Program by Prabesh Ghimire, Vishnu Prasad Sapkota, Amod Kumar Poudyal

“…It was also observed that households from privileged ethnic groups such as Brahmin, Chhetri, Gurung, and Newar were 1.7 times more likely to enrol in NHIP compared to those from underprivileged ethnic groups such as janajatis (indigenous people) and dalits (the oppressed). The households with illness experience in 3 months preceding the survey were about 1.5 times more likely to enrol in NHIP compared to households that did not have such experience. …”
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Interview with Gowthama Sannah, Propaganda Secretary of the VCK, Chennai, 26th September 2012 by Hugo Gorringe

“…The compromised and ‘failing’ position of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Republican Party of India, led one eminent commentator to urge Dalit activists and scholars to “look south because Tamil Nadu may offer some important lessons” for Dalit politics (Omvedt 2003: xvii-xviii). …”
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Raving with Equality? On Protean Forms of Caste and Gender in the Women’s/Gender Studies Departments in India by Smita M. Patil

“…Dalit feminists argued that they are oppressed on the basis of caste, class and gender. …”
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The Dominant Post-constitutional Indian Feminist Discourse: A Critique of its Intersectional Reading of Caste and Gender by Santvana Kumar, Ekata Bakshi

“…These diverse feminist movements continue to inadequately provide a comprehensive and inclusive theorisation of the relationship between caste and gender. Dalit feminist movements have successfully made ‘Dalit women’ a critical part of the dominant feminist discourse and have confronted it for including a caste framework as imperative to understanding the women’s question. …”
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Unsung melodies from margins - By Antony John Baptist by Michael T Balonek

“…Baptist wrote this book, looking at feminism and “Dalit (“down-trodden”) Feminism,” and advocating for a “Dalit Feminist Biblical Scholarship” to be accepted and championed by the nations. …”
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Food insecurity among women of reproductive age in Nepal: prevalence and correlates by Shanta Pandey, Vincent Fusaro

“…This study examines the prevalence and correlates of household food insecurity among women, especially Dalit women of reproductive age in Nepal. Methods Data came from 2016 Nepal Demographic Health Survey, a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey that included 12,862 women between 15 and 49 years of age of which 12% were Dalit. …”
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Matters of Gender and Social Disparities Regarding Postnatal Care Use Among Nepalese Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Morang District

“…About one-fourth of respondents reported poor overall autonomy; however, non-Dalit demonstrated higher autonomy than Dalit. Non-Dalit exhibited greater odds of complete PNC by four times. …”
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Understanding sexual violence as a form of caste violence by Prachi Patil

“…Apparent caste-patriarchy and gender hierarchies which are at play in cases of sexual violence against lower-caste and dalit women speak about differential experiences of rape and sexual abuse that women have in India. …”
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Reassessing Religion and Politics in the Life of Jagjivan Rām by Peter Friedlander

“…Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) was, for more than four decades, the leading figure from India’s Dalit communities in the Indian National Congress party. …”
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The 'other' India in literature and film: Mohan Dās in Uday Prakaś’s story and in Mazhar Kamran’s film by Alessandra Consolaro

“…It is a story of marginality, featuring a young Dalit resisting against the oppression of the hegemonic society. …”
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Religious Amnesias, Mythologies, and Apolitical Affects in Racist Landscapes by Sunder John Boopalan

“…One element they all have in common, however, is a sustained interest in the effects of historical processes. Dalit theology, a liberation theology arising from the struggles and hopes of Dalit communities in India, is in attunement with such critical analyses of the factors that shape power and domination. …”
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Ambedkar, Buddhism, and Post-secularism: Inner Life, Politics, and Subalternity by Vidhu Verma

“…In the effort to retrieve the autonomy of the Dalit subject, Ambedkar brought to the forefront of his work that conversion was not simply opposition to the power structure of caste society but also meant to overthrow the false ideals that had historically distorted and degraded the Dalit self. …”
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நன்மாறன் கோட்டைக் கதை சிறுகதைகளில் விளிம்பு நிலையினர் / The Subalterns in the Short Stories of Nanmaran Kottai Kathai... by அ. பரமேஸ்வரி/A. Parameswari

“…The lives of such oppressed people can be found in the short stories of Dalit writers. In the short stories of Imayam, the Dalit people who are killed because of the cow's victory in the race appear to be ignorant. …”
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Undignified names: caste, politics, and everyday life in North India by Buswala, B

“…With ethnographic data from Dalit activist discourses as well as everyday life in an urbanising village in Rajasthan, this article analyses how the upper castes tend to deform the given names of the members of the Dalit community to produce undignified names, and how the community claims their right to be addressed with appropriate names. …”