Universal eye health in Odisha, India, Sunetra. Report # 1. Program planning by Das T, Pattanayak S

“…This is the first Indian state to officially respond to the World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan. …”
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Constitutional Erosion in Kashmir by Burhan Majid

“…<p>The erstwhile State of Jammu &#038; Kashmir (J&#038;K) enjoyed a special position in the political and constitutional landscape of the post-colonial Indian State. While the de-operationalisation (popularly referred to as ‘abrogation’) of Article 370 on 5 August 2019, and other associated moves by the Indian State, might be seen as the final nail in the coffin of the constitutional erosion in J&#038;K, the central claim of this blog post is that the constitutional autonomy of the erstwhile State has rather seen a gradual erosion ever since the Constituent Assembly of the State was dissolved on 26 January 1957—the day the Constitution of J&#038;K came into force.…”
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The Spring Thunder. Revisiting the Naxal Movement in Indian Cinema by Sanghita Sen

“…As an organized political movement with speci c manifesto and vision of the nature of the state, the Naxal movement attempted to disrupt and dismantle the quasi- feudal Indian social structure and an oppressive Indian state that functioned still under colonial administrative regulation, as caretaker of interests of the powerful classes. …”
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Mirroring its British masters by Felipe Costa Lima

“…The Indian state has been adopting controversial policies for countering the Maoist insurgency. …”
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Efficiency of Health Care Sector at Sub-State Level in India: A Case of Punjab by Brijesh C. Purohit

“…This paper attempts a sub-state level analysis for an affluent Indian state, namely Punjab, by using stochastic frontier technique. …”
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Encroachers on their own land: India’s transition from military-imperialism to settler colonialism in Kashmir by Maansi Shah

“… This paper examines a period of transition in the approach of the Indian state to Kashmir from roughly 2014 through today, comparing dispossession under earlier practices of military-imperial land seizures and occupation to new regimes of dispossession through state-level bureaucracy, planning schemes and “encroachment” clearance for capital projects. …”
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Writing the disaster: substance activism after Bhopal by Banerjee, Dwaipayan

“…In sum, this article traces the production of an activist corporeal counter-discourse that, for at least a time, contaminated the procedures through which the Indian State disregards the health of its marginal citizens.…”
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A voice for vulnerable groups in Tamil Nadu by Max Martin

“…Many vulnerable people in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu lost homes, livelihoods and access to schooling in the tsunami. …”
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The making of pastoralisms: An account of the Gaddis and Van Gujjars in the Indian Himalaya by Raghav Srivastava

“…Abstract The pastoral communities of the western and central Himalayas have, for centuries, presented the modern Indian state with a problem of governance (as it has often been projected). …”
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Le concept de minorité(s) linguistique(s) en Inde : le cadre juridico-constitutionnel de l’accommodement by Papia Sengupta

“…Language played an integral role in the birth and development of the Indian state and is extremely important for understanding modern Indian politics. …”
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Folklore and Ethno-Rock Art Studies in the Kaimur Region of India: The Story of the Oraon Tribe by Sachin Kumar Tiwary, Panchanan Dalai, Om Prakash

“…The present work engages with a comparative study of the Oraon Folklore and their Rock Art for assessing how both these genres seemingly record the geo-cultural history of Oraon origin, their forced migrations and their current state of habitations in another Indian state Jharkhand. It attempts to establish a relation between archaeological data available in the form of rock art supplemented by written accounts and local traditions wherever possible. …”
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How transnational actors change inter-state power asymmetries: The role of the Indian diaspora in Indo-Canadian relations on migration by Court, E

“…Part I of this thesis examines the Indo- Canadian diaspora’s use of Canadian tribunal, electoral and lobby channels to advance immigration and integration policy outcomes that further both the interests of the diaspora and the Indian state. Part II considers the diffuse and ideational mechanisms through which the Indian state influences the diaspora's political mobilisation abroad. …”

Why don’t they just stop stopping the internet? by Tanmay Singh, Anandita Mishra, Krishnesh Bapat

“…<p>We cannot trust the Indian state to forego the easy option for the right option. …”
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First record of <i>Eubroncus</i> from India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae), with description of a new species by M. Hayat, F.R. Khan

“…Is described from a specimen collected in the Indian State of West Bengal…”
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Suppressing Political Dissent by Anam Sheikh

“…Creating a state of exception where people are not ordinary criminals but extraordinary criminals who pose a threat to the national integrity of the Indian state, the PSA has stripped countless individuals of their basic rights. …”
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Learning from empowerment of Sri Lankan refugees in India by K C Saha

“…Some 65,000 Tamil refugees from conflict in SriLanka live in 133 camps in the Indian state ofTamil Nadu. As peace talks generate hope for theirrepatriation, the work of a self-help group, theOrganization for Eelam Refugees Rehabilitation(OfERR), shows how refugees can equip themselveswith skills to be used to rebuild their homeland.…”
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Long Read: The art of dissolving dissent: India’s sedition law as an instrument to regulate public opinion by Pattnaik, A

“…Is the Indian state encroaching on its citizen’s liberties and freedoms? …”

Suppressing Political Dissent by Anam Sheikh

“…Creating a state of exception where people are not ordinary criminals but extraordinary criminals who pose a threat to the national integrity of the Indian state, the PSA has stripped countless individuals of their basic rights. …”
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Underpowered: electricity policy and the state in India, 1991-2014 by Chatterjee, E, Elizabeth Mary Chatterjee

“…<p>How has the Indian state changed with economic liberalization? While many scholars have explored the altered party politics and class basis of the liberalization-era state, few have studied its transforming internal organizational forms and functioning. …”

Drug Trafficking Routes and Hepatitis B in Injection Drug Users, Manipur, India by Sibnarayan Datta, Arup Banerjee, Partha K. Chandra, Pradip K. Mahapatra, Shekhar Chakrabarti, Runu Chakravarty

“…Prevalence of hepatitis B genotype C in injection drug users in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, neighboring the "Golden Triangle," correlates well with overland drug-trafficking routes, the injection drug use epidemic, and the spread of HIV. …”
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