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Gautam, Avinash. "Climate responsive vernacular architecture : Jharkhand, India." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/990.
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Bhengra, Dilbar. "Archaeology of the Chotanagpur division, Jharkhand /." Delhi : Agam Kala Prakashan, 2007. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41067124t.
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Devalle, Susana Beatriz Cristina. "Discourses of ethnicity : the adivasis of Jharkhand." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1989. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28627/.
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This dissertation examines the relationship between historical structure, human experience and social consciousness in the constitution of ethnicity. The area of study is the Jharkhand region of the state of Bihar in Northern India. The development of an ethnic consciousness among the adivasis (original inhabitants) of Jharkhand is an integral part of the history of British colonialism and of the modem Indian nation-state. This history explains the incorporation of the adivasis into the dominant order and the diverse modes of indigenous resistance to it. Only through such a historical analysis can we understand the present salience of ethnicity and the dialectics of cultural struggle in the Jharkhand region. In recent times, the changing modes of Jharkhand's collective identity have resulted in two projects: one is termed the reformist movement in this thesis and the other the grass-roots movement. The former has formulated issues purely in ethnic terms, concentrating on the demand for a separate state and promoting cultural revivalism. In contrast, the grass-roots movement was far more concerned with issues of class inequalities, ownership and distribution of resources, and the concentration of power in the hands of the state. To attain its objectives this movement sought a regional/class alliance and defined Jharkhand identity by fusing class and ethnicity. The core of this thesis examines these changing dimensions of ethnicity and the ways that different social sectors seek to formulate the problem. In locating the objectification of ethnicity within a historical framework, the thesis discusses basic issues concerning class, culture, social classification, modes of resistance and the forging of collective identities among subordinate groups, thus seeking to bridge the theoretical gap between social anthropology and social history, in the hope of contributing towards an interdisciplinary social analysis.
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Shah, Alpa. "Understanding the state : an anthropological study of rural Jharkhand, India." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2004. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3045/.
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This thesis explores understandings of the state in rural Jharkhand, Eastern India. It asks how and why certain groups exert their influence within the modern state in India, and why others do not. To do so the thesis addresses the interrelated issues of ex-zamindar and ex-tenant relations, development, corruption, democracy, tribal movements, seasonal casual labour migration, extreme left wing militant movements and moral attitudes towards drink and sex. This thesis is informed by twenty-one months of fieldwork in Ranchi District of which, for eighteen months, a village in Bero Block was the research base. The thesis argues that at the local level in Jharkhand there are at least two main groups of people who hold different, though related, understandings of the state. There is a local elite, usually descendants of the old zamindars, who both understands state ideas and interacts in its local processes. Understanding state ideas is, however, different to an internalisation of, or a commitment to, them. Indeed, the thesis argues that local elite interaction with the state is ultimately guided by their seeing state resources as for their own vested interests. A contrasting understanding of the state is held, however, by the second main group, the poorer tribal peasantry, who are usually descendants of the tenants of the old zamindars. They see the state as a new, outside and foreign agency that is not legitimated in the world of their spirits. As such, they see the state as dangerous and exploitative and seek to minimise interaction with it. The thesis suggests that there is a political economy through which the tribal peasant idea of the state, as distinct from and separate to tribal society, is reproduced. It is suggested that, due to their desires to limit the number of people interacting with the state, the local elite enhances the reproduction of the tribal peasant view. Furthermore, the thesis suggests that even alternative state visions, which appear to be concerned about the welfare of the 'exploited' and 'suppressed' tribals of Jharkhand, such as that of the new tribal state movement or that of the extreme left-wing Maoist Communist Centre, only serve to further marginalize and suppress those they allegedly serve.
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Corbridge, Stuart. "State, tribe and region : Policy and politics in India's Jharkhand, 1900-1980." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383779.
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Tiwary, Manish. "Ecological Institutions : joint forest management in Bihar (Jharkhand) and West Bengal, India." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621423.
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Rao, Nitya. "Standing one's ground : gender, land and livelihoods in the Santal Parganas, Jharkhand, India." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249376.
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Prasad, Deborah Y. J. "A perspective on the Naxalite insurgency in Jharkhand and Bihar : going beyond the grievance argument." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/55085.
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This thesis examines a form of left wing extremism called the Naxalite, or Maoist insurgency in the Eastern Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar. Deemed the biggest internal security threat to India by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2004, this low level insurgency has been plaguing the country for over fifty years. To date, the government of India has used a two pronged security and development approach to combat the problem, but it still remains a serious issue. This thesis examines why the Naxalite movement has essentially been restricted to the geographic area referred to as the “Red Corridor”, and also examines why the insurgency has not yet been resolved. A majority of the studies approaches this issue as either a law and order problem or a development problem; however, this thesis scrutinizes the nature and motives of the insurgents themselves. The purpose of this study was to suggest the idea that the insurgents responsible for the violence of the Naxalite insurgency are more often motivated by greed of opportunity and economic gain, rather than genuine grievances. This is not to say that genuine grievances do not exist in this insurgency, rather it is merely to say that it is not a fuelling factor for violence. Lastly, this thesis examines the lack of monitoring and gaps in policy implementation for counterinsurgency, and finds that it is the lack of cognizant monitoring, rather than lack of policy, which has contributed to lack of the resolution of the conflict.Arts, Faculty of
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Jewitt, Sarah. "Agro-ecological knowledges and forest management in the Jharkhand, India : Tribal development or populist impasse?" Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245151.
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Patel, Lisa Bennett Trude. "Medication abortion provision in Bihar and Jharkhand, India health facility level and provider level influences /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2038.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008.Title from electronic title page (viewed Feb. 17, 2009). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Maternal and Child Health in the School of Public Health." Discipline: Maternal and Child Health; Department/School: Public Health.
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Prakash, Amit. "The politics of development and identity in the Jharkhand region of Bihar (India), 1951-91." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1998. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28960/.
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This is a study of the process by which public policy implementation influences the crystallisation of political identities premised on ethnic, lingual, religious or other similar grounds. It argues that the failure of development policy to intervene in socio-economic conditions encourages societal groups to articulate themselves as political identities. The Jharkhand movement in south Bihar has been studied to substantiate the theoretical formulations. After briefly outlining the historical roots of the Jharkhand movement, the study locates the tribal policy of the colonial and post-colonial Indian state in the dynamics of the colonial and nationalist discourses. The thesis then focuses on the changing development profile of the Jharkhand region and correlates it to the fluctuating electoral support for Jharkhand political formations. This correlation has been studied with the help of a Modified Resource Dependence Model (Echeverri-Gent, 1993). This model argues that both the State and the societal groups control resources which are vital to the other. As the State in India controls a vast array of resources, disadvantaged societal groups articulate themselves as a self-conscious ethnic identity in order to augment their political resources and influence the policy process in their own favour. The case of Jharkhandi identity and the movement around it is one example of such articulation of a politically significant self-conscious identity in order to gain a better bargaining power. To a certain extent, it has been successful in influencing the State's response in terms of securing a development council for the area. The Jharkhandi identity, in turn, has been shaped by the response of the policy machinery to local needs and demands. This two-way interaction between the State and the Jharkhandi identity has also significantly altered the character of the identity itself. The 'politics of development and identity' thus born has been discussed and changing approaches of the various political parties towards the Jharkhandi identity and its demand for autonomy have been analysed.
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Halder, Florence. "Entre possession et folie, soins religieux et psychiatriques : itinéraires thérapeutiques en Inde du Nord (Jharkhand)." Thesis, Toulouse 2, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017TOU20114.
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Cette thèse porte sur l’itinéraire thérapeutique des personnes qui se pensent possédées par un esprit maléfique ou une divinité à travers les différentes thérapies disponibles à Kanke, ville du nord de l’Inde. Trois hôpitaux psychiatriques, construits à l’époque coloniale, s’y concentrent. Depuis quelques décennies un dargah, sanctuaire musulman, a été construit sur les terres-mêmes de l’un d’entre eux. Il est spécialisé dans le traitement des personnes possédées, tout comme les bhaktain, dévotes possédées par des divinités qui officient à leur domicile. Le travail de terrain a été réalisé dans deux hôpitaux psychiatriques, au dargah, et auprès de deux bhaktain. Dans les thérapies délivrées par les bhaktain et thérapeutes du dargah, l’émotion est suscitée chez le patient : il s’agit de provoquer l’esprit impur possédant le patient au moyen de substances divines. L’esprit maléfique se manifeste, et sera contraint de quitter ce corps. Si certains affirment avoir guéri, d’autres possédés consultent en psychiatrie. Les enjeux familiaux et socioéconomiques jouent un rôle de taille dans le choix du lieu de soins.L’interprétation des troubles est bien différente en psychiatrie où les professionnels utilisent des manuels de classification des troubles mentaux rédigés aux Etats-Unis pour diagnostiquer ces patients de milieu rural, pauvre, et parfois tribal. Ici, la possession est considérée comme un signe de maladie mentale. Les professionnels tentent de décourager l’interprétation des troubles en termes de possession au profit d’une conception neuroscientifique des problèmes et encouragent le patient à un contrôle émotionnel, usant parfois de références à l’hindouisme brahmanique.Les patients qui circulent entre ses lieux de soins sont pris dans ces logiques de soins antinomiques. La difficile articulation des différentes interprétations et pratiques thérapeutiques nous renseignent sur les enjeux politiques qui sous-tendent les rapports entre les différents thérapeutesThis thesis is about the therapeutic journey of people who think they are possessed by a malefic spirit or a divinity. Various therapies are available for them in Kanke (north India). Here three psychiatric hospitals, built in the colonial period, provide mental health care. Few decades ago a dargah, a Muslim sanctuary, was built on one of them. It is specialized in the treatment of possessed people, like bhaktain, devotees possessed by divinities, which provide therapy at home. The fieldwork was realized between 2008 and 2014 in two psychiatric hospitals, in the dargah, and with two bhaktain.In the therapies delivered by bhaktain and therapists of the dargah, the patient’s emotion is stimulated : the impure spirit possessing the patient is provoked by means of divine substances. The malefic spirit manifests itself, and is forced to leave the body. While some possessed people assert being cured, others consult in psychiatry. The family and socioeconomic stakes play an important role in the choice of the place of care.The interpretation of the disorders is very different in psychiatry where the professionals use medical textbooks of classification of mental disorders published in the United States to diagnose these rural, poor, and sometimes tribal patients. Here, the possession is considered as a sign of mental illness. Only the private hospital tries another approach. The professionals try to discourage the interpretation of the disorders adopting a neuroscientific conception of the problems and encourage the patient to an emotional control, sometimes referring to Brahmanical Hindu texts. The patients who circulate between these places of care are caught in these paradoxical logics of care. The difficult articulation of the various interpretations and therapeutic practices the patient encounters informs us about the political stakes which influence relationships between therapists of various places of care
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Verardo, Barbara. "Rebels and devotees of Jharkhand : social, religious and political transformations among the adivasis of northern India." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2003. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2521/.
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Tribe' and 'caste' have been a recurrent and hotly debated issue in Indian anthropology. There appears to be a consensus that originally flexible and fluid social compositions have been 'essentialised' into either 'caste' or 'tribe' categories (Deliege 1985; Cohn 1987), and that in fact a continuum exists, along which groups can be located according to their specific caste or tribal features (Ghurye 1943; Bailey 1960; Mandelbaum 1970) . The present study contributes to this debate by providing innovative insights on the nature of 'tribe' and 'caste' in contemporary India. The study is an ethnographic and anthropological investigation of two divergent yet interrelated phenomena among the Ho and Munda 'tribal' groups of a forested area of Jharkhand, northern India: the emergence of a new 'caste' through the embracing of a Hindu reformist movement by some and the simultaneous revival of tribal essence and adherence to ancestral teachings and spiritual practices by others. Consistent with Srinivas' (1966) Sanskritisation theory, the devotees, or those who convert to the movement, adopt high-caste behaviours and introduce caste discrimination among agnates in the attempt to 'liberate' themselves from the forest as symbol of their 'backward' past. However, the investigation highlights a number of relevant exceptions. It is argued that a process of 'de-Sanskritisation' is taking place among those who retain ancestral practices. By reviving the ancestral notion of wilderness and mastery over forests, these - the rebels - remain faithful to the primordial link between spirits, land and people and continue their ancestors' fight against land and forest dispossession. It is concluded that, to the rebels, it is not Brahmanical criteria of purity and pollution but territorial precedence and mediation with local spirits that legitimise higher social status claims.
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Biswas, Baidurya. "Effects of terrain characteristics on land use land cover in Sanka river basin (West Bengal and Jharkhand)." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2021. http://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4746.
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Biswas, Baidurya. "Effects of terrain characteristics on land use land cover in sanka river basin (West Bengal and Jharkhand)." Thesis, University of North Bengal, 2021. http://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4747.
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Mehta, Gouri Nilakantan. "Enacting New Spatial Contexts: Pan Indian Identity of Female Performers of Seraikela and Mayurbhanj Chhau." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1091823201.
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Soucaille, Alexandre. ""It's not real India" : les Adivasi face à la société indienne dans l'Etat du Jharkhand : ethnologie fragmentée d'une relation." Paris 10, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002PA100161.
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Que se passe-t-il dans l'espace du Jharkhand, nouvel Etat de l'Inde créé en l'an 2000? Plus précisément, que se passe-t-il entre les groupes tribaux, appélés Adivasi, et les gens de caste dans ce lieu perçu de manières différentes par les protagonistes, et qui trouve un formidable raccourci dans cette phrase éponyme de notre thèse livrée à un carrefour d'une ville : "It's not real India there". Nous nous sommes particulièrement intéressés aux relations qui relient ces deux groupes sociologiques. La forte politisation du lieu nous a ainsi conduit à considérer "les modes d'agir dans le monde comme modes d'agir sur le monde". Le positionnement des Adivasi face aux gens de caste, et inversement, entraîne en effet un troisième élément : le territoire. Nous avons ainsi suivi "les jeux relationnels constitutifs du Jharkhand",à travers des assemblages et des mises en relation de situations et d'attitudes ou encore d'histoires, dans leurs expressions quotidiennes et leurs oppositions politiques.
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Chaudhuri, Nandita. "Colonial legacies and the politics of ethnoregionalism in South Asia : the cases of Chittagong hill tracts and Jharkhand movements /." view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3061939.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-166). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Cessou-Butel, Arthur. "Le Gouvernement du travail informel à Ranchi (Jharkhand) : circulation des travailleurs et travailleuses pauvres et fixation des politiques sociales en Inde contemporaine." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020EHES0151.
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Cette recherche interroge l’articulation de la libéralisation économique – et de la précarisation du travail qui l’a accompagnée – et le redéploiement de l’État indien à travers des programmes de redistribution ciblés. Le Jharkhand, État de l’est du pays créé en 2000 à partir des collines du sud du Bihar et Ranchi, sa capitale, permettent de saisir ces dynamiques dans un contexte particulier : celui d’une ville et d’un État en train de se faire. Je souhaite ainsi montrer comment les grandes transformations qui affectent l’économie et l’État en Inde s’inscrivent dans des contextes et des histoires régionales particulières qui façonnent les manières dont elles se traduisent. En partant des conséquences concrètes et quotidiennes de ces évolutions sur les pratiques et les répertoires de contestation des travailleurs et travailleuses du bâtiment, je veux analyser le gouvernement des pauvres tel qu’il est appliqué, négocié, et approprié. L’articulation des nouveaux régimes d’exploitation (qui repose sur une main d’œuvre informelle migrante) et de prise en charge (qui s’appuie sur des programmes ciblés sur les lieux d’émigration) est soulignée par les passages et relations entre administration, ONG, employeurs, et partis, mais aussi les revendications des ouvrières et ouvriers de Ranchi. C’est au croisement de ces différents groupes et par leurs interactions que s’opère ce déplacement de la régulation publique du travail depuis les rapports de production jusqu’aux besoins reproductifs des travailleurs et travailleuses pauvres. C’est aux politiques – entendu au sens le plus large – de ces derniers que je me suis intéressé pour montrer comment ces transformations reconfigurent les structures de domination tout en leur ouvrant de nouveaux espaces d’engagementThis thesis investigates the relations in India between economic liberalization – and increased labor insecurity that came with it – and the restructuring of the State through targeted welfare schemes. A focus on Jharkhand, a State created in 2000 from the Southern hills of Bihar and Ranchi, its capital, allows these dynamics to be grasped in a particular context : a State and a city in the making. This research shows how the great transformations affecting the Indian economy and State are embedded in a specific setting and a singular regional history which shape their outcomes. Looking at the concrete and daily consequences of theses evolutions on workers’ repertoires and strategies, I analyze the government of the poor as it is implemented, negotiated, and appropriated. The articulation of exploitation regimes (based on an informal migrant workforce) and welfare regimes (based policies targeting emigration sites) is brought to light by the circulations and relations between the administration, NGOs, employers, and parties, but also by Ranchi workers’ claims. It is at the intersection of these different groups and through their interactions that this shift in public regulation of labor shifts from the relations of production (and production sites) to the reproductive needs of the working poor (and their places of residence). The central focus on workers’ politics has allowed me to show how these transformations are restructuring relations of domination and oppression while opening new spaces for engagement
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Das, Sanjeev Kumar [Verfasser]. "Recovery of Iron Values with the Advanced Characterization and the Reduction Kinetics of Banded Hematite With Coal : Ghatkuri (Gua), West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, India / Sanjeev Kumar Das." München : GRIN Verlag, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1190283999/34.
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Mahto, Haldhar. "The perceptions of Anganwadi workers and mothers of the importance of nutritional care of children during the first 3 years of life : a study of Jharkhand, India." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5490.
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Magister Public Health - MPHIndia has the highest prevalence of child malnutrition in the world and is ranked among the worst performing Commonwealth countries in terms of child undernutrition. This poor performance is despite the implementation of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) since 1975, which seeks to combat malnutrition through community-based Anganwadi workers. Anganwadi workers play a pivotal role in the implementation of the ICDS Programme and thus their understanding of the key concepts relating to the services provided at the centres is crucial. This study is carried out in the Indian state of Jharkhand, where almost half of the population is undernourished. The study seeks to gain insights on the understanding and perceptions of Anganwadi workers and the mothers with whom they interact, regarding the long term impact of being malnourished in the first 3 years of life. The study used a qualitative approach, with data collection methods including focus group discussions as well as individual in-depth interviews. The study findings suggest that the majority of Anganwadi workers know about the services provided. However, they were unable to state the reasons underlying why these services are important. Mothers on the other hand could only mention three out of six services and many mentioned that the services were scheduled on certain days. In addition, mothers were concerned about the services provided and mentioned that there was poor information sharing even though at times they expressed an interest in the programme. The knowledge of Anganwadi workers about the importance of nutrition in the first three years of life was limited. The same was observed among the mothers in this study. Anganwadi workers identified deficiencies in their training as a reason for their limited understanding about issues pertaining to nutrition within the programme. In conclusion, this study suggests a general lack of knowledge about programme components amongst the Anganwadi workers and mothers. The ICDS programme has failed to develop an understanding about the service components, its importance and consequences for malnutrition. Furthermore, there are limited services offered at the centre, presenting missed opportunities. This has resulted in mothers being deprived of important information which may be crucial in improving child survival and cognitive development. There is thus an urgent need to evaluate ICDS training provided to Anganwadi workers as well as constant retraining to reinforce critical messages. This will ensure that there is congruence between training and practice in the largest nutrition programme in the world.
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Alder, Katan. "Arenas of service and the development of the Hindu nationalist subject in India." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/arenas-of-service-and-the-development-of-the-hindu-nationalist-subject-in-india(266786aa-dac0-4971-a6e6-a648f5024ccb).html.
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The study of the relationship between Hindu nationalism and Hindu activist traditions of seva (selfless service) has been principally organised into three approaches: firstly, the instrumentalist deployment of the practice, secondly, the political appropriation of traditions of seva, and thirdly, that these related associational spaces are internally homogenous and distinct from alternative ‘legitimate’ religious arenas. These frameworks largely reflect approaches to Hindu nationalism which place emphasis on its forms of political statecraft and relationship to spectacular violence. These approaches raise manifold concerns. This thesis retheorizes the relationship between Hindu nationalism and seva with reference to primary and secondary sources, together with field research in the seva projects of the Vanavasi Kalyan Kendra (VKK), a Hindu nationalist association. Through deploying a reworked understanding of Fraser’s (1990) approach to associational space and Butler’s (1993, 2007) theorisation of performative acts and subject formation, this thesis contributes to rethinking Hindu nationalism and seva. I demonstrate firstly that the colonial encounter worked to produce a series of social imaginaries which were drawn upon to transform traditions of seva. Through their articulation in shared religious languages, practices of seva were productive of porously structured Hindu activist spaces in which the tradition was contested with regard to ‘radical’ and ‘orthodox’ orientations to Hinduism’s boundaries. Increasingly, articulations of seva which invoked a sangathanist ‘orthodoxy’ came to gain hegemony in Hindu activist arenas. This influenced the early and irregular Hindu nationalist practices of seva. Fractures in Hindu nationalist articulations developed as a result of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) sangathanist organisational idioms, allowing the association to inscribe its practices with pro-active meanings. In the post-independence period the alternative arenas of Hindu nationalist seva projects expanded greatly, a point evident in the degrees of dialogue between the Sangh and the sarvodaya movement. The importance of porous associational boundaries is further demonstrated through noting how engagement in visibilized arenas of popular Hindu religiosity worked to both broaden the fields of reference and vernacularize Hindu nationalist practices of seva. With reference to field research, I demonstrate that central to the expansion of the VKK’s arenas of service into spaces associated with Ayurvedic care is the incorporation of both refocused and transgressive practices. In the educational projects of the VKK, I note how seva works to inscribe daily practices of hygiene, the singing of bhajans and daily assemblies with Hindu nationalist meanings, and so works to regulate conduct through the formation of an ‘ethical Hindu self’. However, arenas of seva are also a location where we can witness subjects negotiating power. I demonstrate this through examining how participants in the VKK’s rural development projects rearticulate Othering practices of seva, with actors using the discourse to position themselves as active subjects, break gendered restrictions on public space, and advance an ‘ethically Hindu’ grounded claim on development and critique of power. This work illustrates that far from being of inconsequence to the circulation of Hindu nationalist identities, alternative arenas of seva operate as spaces where discourses are performatively enacted, refocused, transgressed and rearticulated. These acts contribute to the consolidation and disturbance of Hindu nationalist subject formations.
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Lal, Suneeta. "The politics of Jharkhand regionalism- An analysis of its nature." Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/5796.
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Pingali, Bhramanand Gautam. "Politics and conflict in development: land, law and progress in Jharkhand, India." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143931.
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University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.The Adivasis are the indigenous communities of India. After a long struggle for autonomy, spanning centuries, their dream of an indigenous state was finally realised with the formation of Jharkhand in 2000. The birth of Jharkhand brought with it hope that moving forward the Adivasis would have more control over their destiny. However, within three months of Jharkhand being formed the newly formed government of Jharkhand announced the creation of Koel-Karo dam, dampening their vision of self-determination as the state continued to exert its dominance on the Adivasis. The agenda for the creation of Jharkhand slowly revealed itself to be a resource-dependent state that had little regard for Adivasi communities. Today, this conflict continues as the Adivasis enforce their legal right through the Pathalgadi movement and call the state unlawful and corrupt if it enters their land. Central to these conflicts is the question of development. Seen in its raw form it is the conflict between the ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ pursuits of development by the state and the Adivasi respectively. This contradiction is witnessed in their quest for industrialisation and agriculture respectively. Development ultimately is a product of contestation over the idea(s) of development by different actors making it deeply intertwined within the power and politics that creates enclaves of inequalities and exclusions through the control and distribution of resources. Development becomes a question of contention as the state of Jharkhand is focused on a ‘fast-track’ model of growth built on ‘efficiency’ and ‘high return’ while delegitimising ‘traditional’ practices for the ‘superiority’ of liberal capitalism. It is in this context that this thesis undertook a deeper study on the conflict in the state of Jharkhand to identify the development orthodoxies of the key actors in Jharkhand. It was identified that the actors studied in this thesis – the state, the corporate entities, and the Adivasis – reflected a distinct ideology that is inclusive of their particular style as presented in the literature – the state aligns with the principles of state-led modernisation, the corporate entities lean on the ideology of neoliberalism, and the Adivasis stand for the theory of alternative development. This finding brings to light the deeply entrenched biases of the actors with the conclusion that the conflict in Jharkhand will persist until these differences are recognised and welcomed through participation and collaboration.
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Phanideep, Kallepalli. "Mineral Identification Using Hyperspectral Image: a Case Study of Gua Iron Ore Mine, Jharkhand." Thesis, 2018. http://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/9473/1/2018_MT_216MN1464_KPhanideep_Mineral.pdf.
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Hyperspectral imaging plays a noticeable role in the remote sensing group.Recent investigations state that Spectral alongside spatial handling increases the classification precision of hyperspectral images (HSI).The present studydemonstrates the use of hyperspectral images(EO-1 Hyperiondata)for mineral identification over Gua Iron Ore Mine, Jharkhand, India. The reflectance and emittance spectroscopyin the VNIR and SWIR band soffer an effective path in distinguishing the mineral zones from the other land cover types like vegetation, water body, etc. The first requirement is to retrieve the hyperspectral data for the area of interest in the desired bands from the original dataset. The retrieved image/data may contain errors and thus the primary prerequisite is to conduct the image preprocessing to remove the errors. The preprocessing of the retrieved image was done for
atmospheric correction, cloud removal, and removal of water bands. The hyperspectral image classification for identifying the iron ores bearing zones has been carried out in different stages viz.minimum noise fraction (MNF)analysis for removal of noisy bands, pixel purity index (PPI for obtaining the unadulterated pixels,characterization of the unadulterated pixels to identify the object, n-D visualization of unadulterated pixels to get the spectral information for identifying the objects by comparing with the standard library designed by United State Geological Survey (USGS). The classification of the image has been done using two classifiers (Spectral Angle Mapping (SAM) and Binary encoding classifier based on the spectral information of the ide notified objects.The results revealed that the Hyperion data can be successfully used in mineral identification. The study results also indicated that both the classifiers Spectral Angle Mapping (SAM) and Binary encoding classifier performs equally well in mineral identification.
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Kumar, Dhiraj. "Political Ecology of Everyday Resistance and State Building: A Case of the Ho of Jharkhand, India." Thesis, 2018. http://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/9769/1/2018_PHD_DKumar_512HS1010_Political.pdf.
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Resource extraction and conflicts over natural resources are not a new phenomenon in India.It is intrinsic with the discussion of capitalism and State development projects. These plans and projects had a history of bterritorialisation, dispossession, accumulation and marginalization but the post-1991 neo-liberalization of the Indian political economy has accelerated market-based development that favours corporate sectors and appeals for immediate resource uses.
The way State development policies and projects shape and restructure the resource rich ecology demands academic attention. In this light, this thesis explores the process of State formation through developmental intervention in Ho predominately resource rich region of Jharkhand. It addresses the interrelated issues of development induced dispossession, resistance, ecological transformation, governance, shadowy practices of democracy, illegalities and State building. It approaches the puzzle by asking: What (i) development projects bring to Ho community (ii) induces them for resistance and negotiation and (iii) how State decentralization schemes and local governance in resource conflict areas strengthen state capacities.
These process and practices is interrogated from the perspective of political ecology by using the case study method, interview method, participant observation and ethnography. This study shows how State developmental projects as an immanent process and activity of capitalist development transformed the ecology of the Ho adivasi of West Singhbhum, Jharkhand. To do so, this thesis has used five theses of political ecology and some concepts from developmental sociology, Neo-Marxism, Peasant studies and economic anthropology.
This thesis shows that how governmental development interventions are a kind of governmentality that is based on accumulation and assimilation. These accumulative projects pose serious threat to the life worlds and social system of the Ho community. Government support in the form of incentives and policies to promote extractive activities induces resistance that also transformed the local ecology. The transformation of ecology has consequences for local people‘s livelihoods and cultural practices resulting everyday resistance and conflict. Study also shows that natural resources particularly land is not only material basis for subsistence but it is also a basis of their culture and a source of capabilities to be act as they want.
At last this study reveals that decentralization and politics of participatory governance effects have enhanced the State strength among the Ho adivasi even though the process of local governance is in compliance with many institutions, associations and agencies along with some undemocratic political association that forms a glimpse of twilight democracy. Decentralization is practiced only to authorize the top down scheme of the State. Study also claims that developmental schemes and undemocratic practices degraded the functionality of traditional customary system.
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Sakhare, P. N. "Scientific study on biodiversity and physico-chemical ananlysis of top soil of coal mining area in Jharkhand." Thesis, 2014. http://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/5993/1/e-160.pdf.
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Soil is a system, in which continuous interface between minerals and microorganisms control the physico-chemical and biological properties of ecosystem. Anthropogenic actions such as mining activities have resulted in radical alternations in their geochemical cycles and often lead to land degradation. For this purpose the present study was conducted on physico-chemical analysis and microbial diversity of top soil and water collected from the coal mining area. Physico-chemical analysis of soil indicates that the soil is slightly basic in nature. The bulk density and specific gravity of the soil samples were found to be very low, indicating that the soil is rich in organic matter which is essential for the growth of the plants. The chloride content of soil is low in range between 0.006 to 0.021 mg/g, whereas the phosphorus content is in the range of 0.025 to 0.005 mg/g which is found to be low from the normal range. The sulphur content ranges from 0.067 to 0.01 mg/g. Five bacterial isolates (Aeromonas spp., Corynebacterium spp., Neisseria spp., Staphylococcus spp., Lactobacillus spp.) and one fungal species (Aspergillus spp.) were identified from the top soil and water samples of the study area. Biochemical tests were performed and from the obtained results, presence of diverse group of microorganisms was confirmed in soil samples that also suggest presence of essential macro and micro nutrients for the growth of plants as well microorganisms in soil. Along with microbial diversity floral diversity of mining area was also studied and finally mitigation measures has been suggested for the preservation of floral diversity, the loss of which was assessed for mining activity to be carried out.
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Kuram, Ramaraju. "Studies on physico-chemical characteristics and microbial diversity of top-soil collected from proposed coal mining area of Latehar district, Jharkhand." Thesis, 2013. http://ethesis.nitrkl.ac.in/5187/1/211BM2007.pdf.
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Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals from earth. Mining creates pollution which affects
the surrounding environment. Loss of many biological species and deterioration of soil quality
were the ultimate consequences. During mining, companies should adopt mitigation measures
for maintaining good environmental conditions. EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) is
required to understand the status of the environment that will help in taking up appropriate
strategy to combat any adverse effect on it. Soil status is one of the key factors in the EIA. Land
rehabilitation and mine reclamation are very crucial after finishing of mining. For this purpose
the present study was conducted on physico-chemical characteristics and microbial diversity of
top soil from selected villages (Nawari, Tubed and Dhobiajharan) in the proposed coal mining
area of Tubed Coal Mines Ltd., Latehar district, Jharkhand, India. The results showed that the pH
of the soil was found to be slightly acidic in nature. The bulk density and the specific gravity of
the soil samples were very low, that indicates that the soil samples contain higher organic matter
which is suitable for the growth of plants. The Chloride content ranged between 8.62 – 12.69
mg/g which is far higher than normal range (0.3 -1 mg/g). Potassium content is extremely high in
all the soil samples which ranged between 566- 597 Kg/ha except the soil samples from
Dhobiajharan village which is found to be very low 63 Kg/ha (normal range is 198.5-254.1
Kg/ha). 5 bacterial species (Bacillus species, Micrococcus species, Pseudomonas species,
Staphylococcus species and Enterobacter species) and one fungal species (Aspergillus sp.) were
identified from the soil samples. From the result it is concluded that the soils is rich in
macronutrients which is essential for the growth of plants. Hence the suitability of the soil should
be maintained after completion of mining in the proposed area.
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Pandey, Kritika. "Cyka." 2020. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/englmfa_theses/123.
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The protagonists of the novel, Vedantika Ojha (12) and Cyka Ho (13), meet when the latter starts working as a domestic help in the former’s house. They live in a conflict-ridden town in India which is the site of one of the world’s longest ongoing guerilla rebellions, the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency. The girls seem to have little in common. Vedantika resides in a big house with razor spikes on the boundary walls. She is a queer neurodivergent 7th grader who has unstable relationships with everyone, including the reader. Cyka, who lives in the slums, is confident and charming. She stands up for herself because she knows that no one else will. She is all too familiar with the violent streets that Vedantika has so far been sheltered from. However, a closer look reveals that the girls share an absence. Cyka’s family was displaced from their village due to coal mining. She belongs to one of the indigenous tribes who have historically co-existed with nature without capitalizing on its resources. But their lands are now being taken over by the neoliberal government. Her people must revolt to survive. On the other hand, Vedantika’s mother has left her family to take up a job in Delhi. While Cyka pines for her village, Vedantika pines for her mother. Their respective losses become the basis of the bond that develops between them despite their dissimilar contexts.