Journal articles: 'Rajbanshi Community'

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Rai, Bhim Prasad. "Claim and Association of Differently Located Ritual and Political Actors Associated with the Village Shrine among the Rajbansi People of Morang, Nepal." Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 14 (December 29, 2020): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/dsaj.v14i0.29997.

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This paper discusses how differently located ritual actors (Dhami) and socio-political actors or leaders (Jimdar) among the Rajbansi community link or associate themselves with the Maharaj Than to claim or legitimize their ritual and political power what Sherry Ortner (1989) calls it “to gain upper hand” in the Rajbansi society. Because the Maharaj Than possesses ʻa great virtueʼ among the Rajbansi society. Drawing on the ethnographic study of three village shrines of Morang district conducted during 2015-16 among the Rajbanshi. It further discusses how the ritual actors among the Rajbanshi people progressively lost their ritual and spiritual ‘power’ along with the advent of central state’s extractive economic policies, the changed environmental and ecological conditions of the Tarai.

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Rai, Bhim Prasad. "Claim and Association of Differently Located Ritual and Political Actors Associated with the Village Shrine among the Rajbansi People of Morang, Nepal." Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 14 (December 29, 2020): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/dsaj.v14i0.29997.

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This paper discusses how differently located ritual actors (Dhami) and socio-political actors or leaders (Jimdar) among the Rajbansi community link or associate themselves with the Maharaj Than to claim or legitimize their ritual and political power what Sherry Ortner (1989) calls it “to gain upper hand” in the Rajbansi society. Because the Maharaj Than possesses ʻa great virtueʼ among the Rajbansi society. Drawing on the ethnographic study of three village shrines of Morang district conducted during 2015-16 among the Rajbanshi. It further discusses how the ritual actors among the Rajbanshi people progressively lost their ritual and spiritual ‘power’ along with the advent of central state’s extractive economic policies, the changed environmental and ecological conditions of the Tarai.

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Shrestha, Keshav Kumar. "Labour Practices and Arrangement in the Rajbanshi Society." Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 4 (May 9, 2011): 91–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v4i0.4670.

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Rajbanshis are indigenous people and have their own labour practices and labour arrangement system. Traditionally, they have divided their work loads according to type of works by sex and age. Like other communities, females have to bear double responsibility - to look after their homes as well as agriculture. Hence they are occupying important part of the Rajbanshi community from the labour arrangement perspective. The Rajbanshi community comprises of caste and sub-caste system based on labour practices. But the widow labour system which was present in the community has now been disappeared.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjsa.v4i0.4670 Himalayan Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.IV (2010) 91-104

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Raut, B., D. P. Khanal, and A. Kharel. "Traditional healing practice in Rajbanshi and Satar Community of Jhapa, Nepal." Journal of Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences 4, no. 1 (2018): 103–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jmmihs.v4i1.21148.

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Background: Jhapa is the easternmost district of Nepal and lies in Terai plains. Traditional healing system in Nepal has strong cultural and religious background. It exists in different ways such as ethnic or tribal group, ritual or ceremonial practices. In Nepal, traditional healers believe that the disease causing factors are not only the germ theory related but also the spiritual belief. As the census of 2011, there are eight densely populated indigenous ethnic communities including Satar and Rajbansi in Jhapa. The traditional healers of these communities with their indigenous knowledge serve the local people since time immemorial. The main objective of this research work was to find the traditional healing practice in Rajbanshi and Satar community of Jhapa, district, Nepal.Methods: The areas were visited from June 2017 to September 2017. A cross sectional study was performed to collect the information through semi structured questionnaires and face to face interviews with the traditional healers of Satar and Rajbanshi community. All together 20 locally reputed traditional healers, 10 from each community were selected.Results: Spiritual based five healing techniques and/or approaches, Phukphak, Tantrik Puja, Bali, Jantar-mantar and kul bigreko, used by traditional healers were explored. Moreover, 41 plant species belonged to 29 families were found to be used for the treatment of 22 common illnesses. 6 different dosage forms were used to prepare 28 traditional formulations.Conclusion: Spiritual based five healing techniques and/or approaches were used by traditional healers on this locality. We also identified different medicinal plant species that were used in different traditional formulation used by such healers.JMMIHS.2018;4(1):103-116

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Munshi, Arijit. "Identity Politics and Distribution of Power: A Contemporary Study of Coochbehar." IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267) 5, no. 3 (2017): 497. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jmss.v5.n3.p13.

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Contemporary India has experienced several movements. Separate state movement(s) is one of them by a particular community, Rajbanshi. Generally this movement has started to get a specific identity of the community. From the late nineteenth century it was started by a leader called Panchanan Burma. Slowly this movement has mixed with Indian national politics. And now it has taken an important role in contemporary parliamentary vote politics. To ensure the political stand the upper strata of leaders of Rajbanshi separate state movement have sketched their parties (political and non-political) in the northern districts of West Bengal and adjacent part of Assam. There are many political parties and associations within ‘the movement’. These parties and associations are – Greater Coochbehar Peoples Association (GCPA), Greater Coochbehar Peoples Association (GCPA, it is a political party), Kamtapur Peoples Party (KPP), Kamtapur Progressive Party (KPP) and Greater Coochbehar Democratic Party (GCDP). The present paper wishes to explore the facts of contemporary identity politics of Rajbanshis in Coochbehar and also highlights the distribution of power within the political and non-political parties or association in the region. Data has been collected from ten villages selected from the Coochbehar district during 2010 to 2016. Secondary data was also used. Section I deals with regional identity and power. Section II deals with political parties or associations and their structural formation which helps them to establish this regional identity in recent times. Section III deals with politics of forum and also highlights the fact of distribution of power within the northern districts of west Bengal.

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Wilson, Margot, and Kamran Bashir. "‘King's inheritors': understanding the ethnic discourse on the Rajbanshi as an indigenous community." Social Identities 22, no. 5 (2016): 455–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2016.1148594.

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Raj Subba, Nawa. "Traditional Practices on Mother and Child Health Care in Rajbanshi Community of Nepal." American Journal of Health Research 3, no. 5 (2015): 310. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.ajhr.20150305.18.

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Debnath, Dipanwita, Baby Roy Barman, Dibakar Choudhury, and A. P. Das. "Ethnomedicobotany of Rajbanshi community in the Duars region of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, India." Pleione 13, no. 1 (2019): 055. http://dx.doi.org/10.26679/pleione.13.1.2019.055-064.

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Barman, Bikram, Asif Mohammad, Girish C. E., Upali Kisku, Chimi Yangzom Lepcha, and Sruthi C. O. "Breeding and Healthcare Practices Followed by the Rajbanshi Dairy Farmers in Coochbehar District of West Bengal." Environment and Ecology 42, no. 1 (2024): 130–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.60151/envec/tptk8339.

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Breeding and healthcare management play a significant role in utilizing the full potential of dairy animals. Constant breeding and healthcare development are essential to provide better conditions and improve dairy production and welfare. This study explores the breeding and healthcare management practices adopted by Rajbanshi dairy owners in West Bengal’s Coochbehar district. Utilizing a pre-tested interview schedule, data was collected and subsequently analyzed in terms of frequency and percentage. The findings shed light on key patterns and practices, contributing to a better understanding of dairy management within this specific community. A strong preference (77.00%) for crossbreed cattle emerges in breeding practices meanwhile, heat detection predominantly relies on bellowing and mucus discharge (86.00%) and the pregnancy diagnosis was mostly done by Prani Bondhu (88.64 %). Within healthcare practices, dairy farm families vaccinated their animals by 98.50%, 19.50%, 16.50% and 52.50% of their animals with FMD, HS, BQ and Brucellosis vaccines respectively. Half of the dairy farm families (49.50%) followed deworming practices occasionally. The findings highlight the need for specific training within the dairy farming community on reproductive techniques and disease prevention methods. Also, promoting hygienic practices in animal housing and expanding access to veterinary care can improve overall animal health and farm sustainability.

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Roy, Priyankar, Palash Mandal, Subhasis Panda, Sonia Mitra, and Arunika Subba. "Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Screening of some Plant Derived Medicine to Treat Dysmenorrheal Pain by the Rajbanshi Community." Pharmacognosy Journal 10, no. 4 (2018): 738–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5530/pj.2018.4.124.

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Lamichhane, Niraj, Nabaraj Adhikari, Upendra Thapa Shrestha, Komal Raj Rijal, Megha Raj Banjara, and Prakash Ghimire. "Population Based Survey of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency among People Living in Terai Districts of Nepal." Tribhuvan University Journal of Microbiology 4 (November 16, 2018): 73–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/tujm.v4i0.21680.

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Objective: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency among population of selected malaria endemic districts in central and eastern terai of Nepal.Methods: Six hundred seventy whole blood samples were collected from the indigenous peoples community, identified based on district public health office records for G6PDd in the past from Jhapa, Morang and Dhanusha districts endemic to malaria, during April to June 2013. Collected blood samples were tested on the sites by using BinaxNow G6PD test kit and CareStartTM G6PD test kits.Results: The G6PD deficiency was found to be in 6.1% and 6.3% in BinaxNow and CareStartTM respectively. In 42 G6PD deficient cases number of male to female ratio was almost equal. Higher proportions of deficient cases were from Rajbanshi and Santhal communities than others. Highest number of deficient cases was in Jhapa followed by Morang and Dhanusha districts respectively.Conclusion: G6PD deficiency in indigenous population group in eastern and central terai are heterogenous. So the testing of G6PD before initiation of radical treatment of Plasmodium vivax infection would be important for reducing the risk of hemolysis following Primaquine (PQ) administration. Rational evidence-based PQ administration may be helpful in contributing towards the elimination of malaria from the country.

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Sen, Jaydip, Nitish Mondal, and Partha Ghosh. "Upper Arm Composition as an Indicator of Body Composition and Nutritional Status of Adolescent Boys Aged 10-18 Years." Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society 35, no. 2 (2016): 152–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v35i2.13250.

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Introduction: The upper arm composition is usually assessed based on total upper arm area (TUA), upper arm muscle area (UMA), upper arm fat area (UFA) and arm fat index (AFI). It is closely associated with assessment of body composition and nutritional status. The present study aims to determine the age specific variations in upper arm composition and its usefulness in the assessment of body composition and nutritional status among adolescent boys.Materials and Methods: The study was conducted among 964 boys (aged 10 – 18 years) and belonging to the indigenous Rajbanshi population of West Bengal, India. The boys were selected from five different sub-urban government secondary schools located under Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. The anthropometric measurements of height, weight, MUAC and TSF were recorded and upper arm composition was estimated based on TUA, UMA, UFA and AFI using standard procedures. The overall body composition was evaluated using body mass index (BMI).Results: There appears to be existence of significant age-specific variations in BMI, UMA and UFA as the boys approached higher ages. The age specific means of TUA, UMA and UFA increased with age. The adolescent boys were observed to be well below the 50th percentiles of the reference population in BMI, TUA, UMA, UFA and AFI. Age and sex-specific smooth percentile curves were derived for height, weight, TSF, BMI, UMA and UFA using the L, M and S modelling approach for further evaluation of body composition.Conclusion: The present study recommends the assessment of body composition and nutritional status to improve screening of nutritional status using upper arm composition, especially in community settings so as to accurately identify the risk of lower or greater adiposity and muscularity, and thereby proposing a major opportunity to improve health through proper intervention programmes.J Nepal Paediatr Soc 2015;35(2):152-161

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Das, Deva Kumar. "Exploring the Rich Cultural Heritage of the Koch-Rajbangsi Community." RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 9, no. 3 (2024): 286–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2024.v09.n03.031.

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The Koch-Rajbongshis, an indigenous group tracing its origins to the Pre-Vedic era, have left a profound cultural imprint across India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. This paper delves into their historical significance, focusing on their transition from ancient references like Asurs and Kiratas to the establishment of the Koch Kingdom, which played a pivotal role in the sanskritization of their culture. The study mainly explores the vibrant folk culture of the Koch-Rajbongshis, encompassing diverse forms such as Kushan Gan/Nritya, Kartika Nritya, Goalini Nritya, Hudum Pujar Gaan/Nritya, Baas Nritya, Padmapuran Gaan, and Baashi Puran Gaan. Each of these cultural expressions reflects unique aspects of their societal fabric, religious beliefs, and historical narratives. Through an examination of these folk traditions, this paper aims to highlight the rich cultural heritage of the Koch-Rajbongshis, underscoring their distinct identity in the contemporary era.

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Chowdhury, Sangeeta Roy. "Understanding the Pattern of Health Seeking Behaviour of Indigenous Communities: A Discussion on Rajbanshis of Koch Bihar." RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 9, no. 1 (2024): 271–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2024.v09.n01.033.

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Individual or community Health care seeking is always linked to a decision-making process that is influenced by a variety of variables, including household habits, social norms, health beliefs and disease perceptions, as well as the accessibility and availability of medical facilities. Thus, care seeking is diverse in nature. Indigenous communities define medical care, illness etiology, and treatment within social contexts. Their recent embrace of contemporary medications and medical facilities has changed the nature of care seeking behaviour. The current study is based on a primary field study that was carried out among the Rajbanshis of Koch Bihar and demonstrates the type and degree of indigenous peoples' acceptance of both traditional and modern health care systems.

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Sarkar, Prajna Paramita. "Exclusion of the Koch/Rajbansi Community of the Princely State of Cooch Behar: Exploring Crises and Complexities." Journal of Exclusion Studies 5, no. 1 (2015): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2231-4555.2015.00005.4.

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Barman, Banani. "Voicing the Marginal: Studying Ethnicity, Nativism and Indigenous culture of the Rajbangshi Community through a post-colonial lens." RESEARCH HUB International Multidisciplinary Research Journal 7, no. 11 (2020): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.53573/rhimrj.2020.v07i11.001.

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Singh, Sushil, Somsubhra Lahiri, Siddharth Singh, and Narmadha Ediga. "prevalence of reproductive tract infections in rural areas studied by the community based intervention programme." International journal of health sciences 7, S1 (2023): 2272–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v7ns1.14482.

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In developing countries Reproductive tract infections are very important public health problem. RTI’s that are not sexually transmitted are considered even more common.2 These infections present major health, social and economic problems 3,4 A baseline study done among married young women in 1996–97 found a high prevalence of reproductive tract infections.14 In response to the findings of this study, CHAD has adopted a comprehensive community based interventional strategy to reduce the burden of RTIs. Health education providing information on RTI’s is provided to adolescents in school health programmes, out -Of-school youth and to young married couples. Regular mass education campaigns are held in the villages. The health team offers counseling on risk reduction both at the hospital and during home visits. In an attempt to expand health care services for early diagnosis and prompt treatment to the community level. Aim: To study the effect of a community - based intervention on the prevalence of reproductive tract infections in the community. Results: The total number of married women between the ages 15 - 25 years in Durgapur region from Gopalpur, Rajbandh and Panagargh villages were around 1740 participants.

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-, SUTAPA BARMAN, and JAYANTA KUMAR BARMAN -. "Rajbanshi Marriage Song: A Study on Learning with Oral Education." International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research 5, no. 4 (2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i04.4228.

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The goal of the study is to determine how Rajbanshi social marriage songs are learned and how oral education is used in their rituals. The Rajbanshi family resides in Bangladesh, Nepal, the far northern section of West Bengal, and the Lower part of Assam. They follow diverse traditions from birth to death since they have unique customs and indigenous cultures such as "Chura koron," "Upanayan," "Brata," "Bhat Khoa," "Biyao," "Puja," and "Dasha & Shradd". The Rajbanshi have been performing the social marriage song for a many of years as part of their ceremonies. The Rajbanshis are mostly practice this skill orally and have learned it through transmission from one generation to the next. Over the decade People have passed the song along to others. This oral tradition is done in groups, primarily by elderly women, in the Rajbangsi community of North Bengal. Nowadays, it is hardly ever practiced. It needs to be kept and practiced regularly so those future generations will know about it.

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Ray, Samujjal. "Kshatriya Movement Among Koch-Rajbanshis in Assam." Contemporary Voice of Dalit, April 28, 2022, 2455328X2210965. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2455328x221096546.

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The Kshatriya movement among Koch-Rajbanshis has been one of the most influential movements during the early 19th century. This article tries to locate Panchanan Barma’s influence within the Koch-Rajbanshi community in the context of Assam. This article also attempts to highlight the ongoing debates over the Kshatriya movement among Koch-Rajbanshis in Assam. It further argues that cultural analysis is necessary to re-examine the Koch-Rajbanshi identity.

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Mazumdar, Gunajeet. "Topophrenia and Indigenous Belonging: Spatial Memory in Rajbanshi Poetry." Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 14, no. 2 (2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v14n2.ne16.

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Space and Memory are co-related as memory imbibes historical roots to a space with the process of recreation. Arguing the concept of Spatiality, Geocritc Robert Tally coins the word ‘Topophrenia’ to locate “the subjective engagement with a given place and with the possible projection of alternative spaces” (Chap. 1). Here, Tally argues the idea of subjectivity both with the ontological and imaginary places. These dialectics of space are imbibed in the individual and collective memory of the Koch Rajbanshi people with historical consciousness. With this historical consciousness, Koch Rajbanshi Poets from the undivided Koch Kamata Kingdom write poems imbibing strong memory associated with the spaces- both real and imaginary. Koch Rajbanshi Poetry has a profound legacy of the glorious history and culture of the community in South East Asian nations. Due to Geo-political bifurcations of the nations, the greater Koch Kingdom was merged with the other states and nations. Consequently, liminal political boundaries displaced and scattered people giving different identities and marginalizing their own indigenous epistemology. As Rajbanshi is a major community of the modern states of Assam and Meghalaya, the canon of Rajbanshi literature with its own identity also comes under the purview of North East Literature. The colonial knowledge system in the new geopolitical space subjugates their rich epistemological and ontological presence. This paper attempts to argue that Rajbanshi Poetry shares a collective memory to assert their historical consciousness by reclaiming their right to the lost land and epistemology. While upholding the argument, Robert Tally’s idea of spatiality, Walter Mignolo’s concept of colonial knowledge system and Leanne Simpson’s argument of Land as pedagogy will be problematised.

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Sinha, Isita, Pushpalata Tigga, Nitish Mondal, and Jaydip Sen. "Association between age at menarche and age at menopause among women of an indigenous population of North Bengal, India." Journal of Biosocial Science, May 7, 2020, 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002193202000019x.

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Abstract Menarche and menopause are two major components of a woman’s reproductive life. Ages at menarche and menopause vary widely between and within populations and are influenced by various factors, both genetic and environmental. The present community-based cross-sectional investigation aimed to assess the association between ages at menarche and natural menopause among women belonging to the indigenous Rajbanshi population of North Bengal, India. The investigation was carried out from January 2015 to May 2015 among 510 Rajbanshi women aged between 45 and 55 years residing in the district of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. A structured schedule was used to collect data on ages at menarche and natural menopause, marital status, parity, education, age of first and last pregnancies, duration of breastfeeding, nature of occupation, health status, smoking and monthly family income. Anthropometric measurements of height and weight were recorded and Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated. The statistical analyses, which included descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression (BLR), were done using SPSS. The women’s mean age of menarche and median age of natural menopause were 12.52 years and 50 years, respectively. The BLR analysis indicated that education, age at first pregnancy had significant effects on the age at natural menopause among women who experienced menarche at <12 years of age (p<0.05). In the case of women who attained menarche at ≥12 years of age, marital status, age at last pregnancy, parity, education, duration of breastfeeding, smoking, occupation, monthly income and BMI had a greater influence on age at natural menopause. There appears to be an indirect association between age at menarche and age at natural menopause, along with different predictor variables, among the Rajbanshi women.

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Barman, Rup Kumar, and Juthika Barma. "Quest for Social Justice: A comparative study of Panchanan Barma and Dr B. R. Ambedkar." Contemporary Voice of Dalit, November 24, 2022, 2455328X2211353. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2455328x221135313.

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The concept of ideal society largely depends on one’s perception, experience and interactions with the given society. Thus it is ‘contextual’ and ‘relational’ in reality. While reality determines the nature of one’s ideas, the transformation of his ideas gets denials from traditional perceptions, taboos and vested interests. All these features of ideas and activism have been found in the lives and works of Panchanan Barma (1865–1935) and Dr B. R. Ambedkar (1890–1956). Both of them were the products of their times. Thus their ideas on an ideal society got maturity through the interactions with their contemporary society. Hence, their attempts at attaining ‘justice’ and ‘equality’ for an ‘ideal society’ were the outcome of their ideas on ‘just society’ and ‘equality’ and finding probable ways for attaining ‘self-reliance’ to fight against injustice. This article seeks to analyse the concept of social justice of Panchanan Barma (the father of the Rajbanshi community of Bengal) and to compare it with that of Dr B. R. Ambedkar (who has been accepted as the ‘Father of the Indian Constitution’).

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Budathoki, Sapana, Prajita Mali, Rakshya Khadka, and Bibek Rajbhandari. "Safe Abortion among Underprivileged Group Married Women of Low Resource Country: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study." Journal of Nepal Medical Association 58, no. 229 (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5298.

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Introduction: Unsafe Abortion is one of the leading causes of maternal death. The unhygienic and dangerous practice has been encountered in various geographical areas of Nepal. Despite its legalization, many women are still being not concerned and well informed regarding safe abortion and become victims of it. The main aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and practice regarding safe abortion among married women of reproductive (14 to 49) years of an underprivileged group of low resource country, Nepal.  Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was done in Rajbanshi community of Jhapa District. Data collection was done after taking ethical approval. Study population was selected conveniently. Data was collected by using a semi-structured questionnaire via face to face interviews among 420 married women of reproductive (14-49) years. All the extracted data were entered and analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Services version 20. Descriptive analysis was doneand presented using frequency and percentage. Results: Out of 420 respondents, 388 respondents (92.4%) found to have poor knowledge, regarding safe abortion. Likewise, only 44 respondents (10.05%) had practiced abortion, of which only 2 respondents (0.05%) had an unsafe abortion and 42 respondents (10%) had practiced safe abortion. Conclusions: Practices of unsafe abortion were prevalent. Respondents with poor knowledge werefound to have done abortion. In this context, it can be concluded that knowledge regarding safe abortion can be increased by educating and providing awareness to the people of society.

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Basak, Goutam Kumar, Tanmay Chowdhury, Amit Kumar Jana, Soumen Saha, and Amitava Mandal. "An ethnobotanical study of the indigenous knowledge by the Rajbangshi community of Raiganj Block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India." Acta Ecologica Sinica, March 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chnaes.2022.02.005.

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