Alphabétisation totale : le « modèle » éducatif du Kérala by Anne Buisson

“…In 1991, Kerala is the first Indian State declared “totally literate” (with a literacy rate around 89,9%). …”
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Who sings for the Hornbill?: the performance and politics of culture in Nagaland, Northeast India by Arkotong Longkumer

“…While the region has witnessed over fifty yearsof armed conflict between the Indian state and different Naga nationalistsdemanding independence, the Festival provides a creative public spacewhere all sections of society – urban/rural; students/politicians/administrators;Indian army/Naga nationalists – can freely mingle, a temporary lull from theotherwise pervasive militarised landscape.…”
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“NRC se Azadi”: Process, Chronology, and a Paper Monster by Nayanika Mathur

“…The article argues that the bureaucratic processes demanded by the NRC would greatly exacerbate the violence of paperwork that lies at the heart of the Indian state. The NRC will strengthen the longstanding dubiousness associated with all documents and can only culminate in the creation of an alternate paper-based reality of who really is an Indian.…”
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The Newars of Sikkim: reinventing language, culture, and identity in the diaspora - By Bal Gopal Shrestha by Khushi Pradhan

“…Sikkim is a tiny Indian state nestled in the lap of the Himalayas. The population mainly comprises the three ethnic communities of Bhutia, Lepcha, and Nepalese. …”
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Diversity of Saurian fauna in the Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India by Prasanna S. Joshi, Vasudha T. Tantarpale

“…The present report provides knowledge about the diversity of Saurian fauna in the Buldhana district of the Indian state of Maharashtra as a model geographic area to promote conservation management. …”
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Politics of a Transformative Rural: Development, Dispossession and Changing Caste-Relations in West Bengal, India by Ritanjan Das

“…This paper explores the political churnings around an almost twenty-year-old process of land acquisition and development in Rajarhat, an erstwhile rural settlement in the Indian state of West Bengal. The narrative takes shape against the backdrop of a neo-liberal state in the global South acting as a corporate facilitator, the concomitant dispossession, and particularly the transformation of the villages and rural livelihoods. …”
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Justice environnementale et biopiraterie : le cas de l’Inde by Jérôme Ballet, Sylvie Ferrari

“…We want to emphasize and analyze the linkages between the activist movements in favor of environmental justice, their speeches and the arguments they use to tip the scales on their side, and the Indian state. This perspective is particularly interesting insofar as militant movements have largely influenced the country's legislative policy. …”
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ISO certified pardahs and agency mechanisms among Muslim women in Kerala by Julten Abdelhalim

“…Increasing waves of labour migration from the Southern Indian state of Kerala to the Arabian Gulf have led to a series of new developments exemplified by rising consumerism, especially among middle class Muslims in the state. …”
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Patrimonialiser la culture : la mise en scène des rituels de possession en Uttarakhand by Serena Bindi

“…This article analyses the conflicting aspects of the process of patrimonialization of possession-based rituals in the North Indian State of Uttarakhand. The rituals are often altered in the heritage-making process. …”
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Public Sector Software, Participatory Communications and Social Change by Pradip Ninan Thomas

“…Using the example of PSS in the Southern Indian state of Kerala, it offers insights into the practical benefits of software deployed for the common good.…”
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Managing Unspent Funds when Money is Scarce: Karnataka State Construction and Other Workers Welfare Board (kcowwb) by G. K. Karanth

“…This chapter explores the funds collected by the Karnataka Construction and Other Workers Welfare Board (KCOWWB)—a welfare institution in the Indian state of Karnataka—through a special tax, or ‘cess’. …”
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Convalescent Plasma Therapy in First Four Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in Kerala, India by Nisar Karekadavath, Shinas Babu Pullichola, E. Muhammed Afsal, Anitha S.P. Prabhu, Mansoor C. Abdulla, Shahul H. Ebrahim

“…We describe the first four coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Kerala—the Indian state that reported the first COVID-19 case on January 30, 2020—who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome despite lopinavir/ritonavir and methyl prednisolone treatment. …”
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Wancho phonology and word list by Burling, Robbins, Wangsu, Mankai

“…It is spoken in the extreme southeastern tip of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, just across the state border that divides Arunachal from Nagaland. …”
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Nominalization, relativization, and attribution in Lotha, Angami, and Burmese by Herring, Susan C.

“…Lotha Naga, Angami Naga, and Burmese are Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in a region which includes Burma (Burmese) and the northeast Indian state of Nagaland (Lotha and Angami). In these languages, as In Tibeto-Burman more generally, grammatical subordination typically involves nominalization. …”
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Emancipation as social equality: subaltern politics in contemporary India by Roy, I

“…I draw on ethnographic fieldwork with Musahar landless laborers in the Indian state of Bihar during the winter and spring of 2009–2010, with follow-up visits in September 2013 and July 2014. …”

Cost and efficiency of public sector sexually transmitted infection clinics in Andhra Pradesh, India by Ramesh YK, Kumar SG Prem, Kumar A Anod, Chalapathi Rao M, Marseille Elliot, Prasad TLN, Sisodia Pratap, Dandona Lalit, Over Mead, Someshwar M, Kahn James G

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Standardised methods were used to obtain detailed cost and output data for the 2003–2004 fiscal year from written records and interviews in 14 government STI clinics in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The economic cost per patient receiving STI treatment was calculated, and the variations of total and unit costs across the STI clinics analysed. …”
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To leave no one behind: Assessing utilization of maternal newborn and child health services by all the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) of Odisha, India by Jyoti Ghosal, Madhusmita Bal, Arundhuti Das, Bhuputra Panda, Manoranjan Ranjit‬, Manas Ranjan Behera, Sonali Kar, Sudhir Kumar Satpathy, Ambarish Dutta, Sanghamitra Pati

“…Therefore, we aimed to estimate MNCH service utilization by all the 13 PVTGs of the eastern Indian state of Odisha and compare that with state and national rates. …”
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Public Hearings as Social Performance: Addressing the Courts, Restoring Citizenship by Stéphanie Tawa Lama-Rewal

“…Since the late 1990s, major claims addressed to the Indian state by, or on behalf of, the underprivileged, have been formulated in terms of rights (right to work, to food, etc.). …”
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SOUTH TIBET (TAWANG) IN SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS by Rui Zhong

“…The article is devoted to the study of the special situation concerning Tawang region (is a part of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, otherwise - Southern Tibet) in the Sino-Indian relations. …”
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A recurring disease outbreak following litchi fruit consumption among children in Muzaffarpur, Bihar-A comprehensive investigation on factors of toxicity. by Sukesh Narayan Sinha, Ungarala Venkat Ramakrishna, P K Sinha, C P Thakur

“…Litchi fruits are a nutritious and commercial crop in the Indian state of Bihar. Litchi fruit contains a toxin, methylene cyclopropyl-glycine (MCPG), which is known to be fatal by causing encephalitis-related deaths. …”
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