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Journal articles on the topic "Untouchables"
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Gopika Unni, P. "Manual Scavenging and the Issue of Untouchability in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable." Shanlax International Journal of English 9, no. 1 (December 1, 2020): 32–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.34293/english.v9i1.3302.
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Untouchability is an evil social menace, where certain group of people are discriminated or alienated based on their caste, class or job from the mainstream sections of the society. Untouchables are the most oppressed and marginalized people, who often lack right and voice in the public domain. Manual scavenging is considered or treated as a job attributed to the untouchables of lowest strata of the society. These people are not given any dignity due to their job of carrying human waste using their bare hands. Mulk Raj Anand presents the sufferings and hardships of an untouchable boy named Bakha as a manual scavenger faced in the casteist society through his well known novel Untouchable.
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Yadav, Shashi. "Critical Analysis of Mulk Raj Anand’s Novel Untouchable." International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 30 (June 2014): 47–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.30.47.
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Problem of untouchabilty is still prevalent in the society and Mulk Raj Anand through his novel Untouchable brings to light the sorrows and sufferings that high caste Hindus inflicted on the untouchables. Mulk Raj Anand's Untouchable, is more compact than his other novels. The novel Untouchable, published in 1935, centres around a sweeper boy, Bakha. The eighteen year boy Bakha, son of Lakha, the jamadar of sweepers is a child of the twentieth century, and the impact of new influences reverberates within him.
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Chowdhury, Sanjida. "Subaltern of the Subalterns:." Crossings: A Journal of English Studies 8 (August 1, 2017): 30–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v8i.122.
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In India the complex social structure demands that it be divided into heterogeneous classes. This division produces class discrimination as well as caste discrimination. The latter has been institutionalized in the name of religion; and the upper castes, using religious dogma, assume hegemonial power to exploit the lower castes to suppress them economically, socially, and politically. Mulk Raj Anand has shown the pathetic condition of the outcaste/ untouchable in colonial India where the whole of India is subjugated to their colonizers, and because of the division and subdivision, the lower castes are subjugated at the hands of the upper caste Hindus. The condition of the untouchables cannot be recognized by generalizing them as subalterns; rather they demand a critical study beyond the accepted notion regarding the synonymous use of “people” and “subaltern.” This paper argues the possibility of reviewing the untouchables in a double subalternized position in the context of Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable.
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Singh, Subhash. "STUDY OF CASTE DISCRIMINATION IN MULK RAJ ANAND’S UNTOUCHABLE." JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 10, no. 02 (2023): 157–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.54513/joell.2023.10217.
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This present paper focuses on the caste discrimination that is projected in the novel, Untouchable. Mulk Raj Anand narrated the lives of the impoverished and oppressed in traditional Indian society. The novel, Untouchable illuminates the atrocities that still exist in India. The narrative illustrates the tense and troubled interactions between upper-caste Hindus, Muslims, Christians and untouchables oppressed in colonial India. Bakha is a metaphor for the oppression and exploitation that have been untouchables like him. Bakha is an extremely skilled worker and passers-by frequently admired his prowess and briefly wondered whether he belonged to cleaning public restrooms. The main character, Bakha, is a life-size character who effectively conveys the agony of an oppressed, disadvantaged, and fated human being for no other reason than being an outcast. Mulk Raj Anand has painted a true and accurate picture of traditional Brahminical India, when the low caste population's plight was truly deplorable and pitiful.
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Yurlova, Eugenia S. "B. R. AMBEDKAR’S INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE: USA, ENGLAND, GERMANY." Journal of the Institute of Oriental Studies RAS, no. 4 (26) (2023): 161–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.31696/2618-7302-2023-4-161-170.
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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, an untouchable from the caste of mahars, was educated abroad with the support of the maharaja of Baroda. The goal of his studies at the Columbia University in New York was to learn about the struggle of the Black Americans. African Americans and their leaders influenced his ideology and policy regarding Indian untouchables, as the struggle of the dalits and the Blacks and their social situation are somewhat similar. Ambedkar’s works reflect the learnings from his American experience. In countrast with the multiple castes and subcastes of the untouchables, the Blacks are an endogamous group, and it is easier for them to unite in their struggle. As the Chairman of the Constitutional Committee, Ambedkar included in the Constitution a number of articles to protect the rights of the scheduled castes. He turned to Buddhism as a result of his quest to reform the caste system in order to end social discrimination of the Dalits. Ambedkar showed that each caste maintained its identity and that is why it was impossible to unite all untouchable castes. However, his accomplishments in the struggle for equal rights for all people allow hope that this historic goal will be achieved.
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Jain, Avinash, and SapanC Pandya. "The untouchables." Indian Journal of Rheumatology 16, no. 2 (2021): 234. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/injr.injr_131_20.
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Chichizola, Jean. "The untouchables." Index on Censorship 24, no. 1 (January 1995): 185–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03064229508535870.
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PÉREZ-LEROUX, ANA T. "The untouchables." Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 20, no. 1 (April 4, 2016): 31–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1366728916000365.
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Carroll's critique (Carroll) of the field of bilingualism yields strong directives. Let us not study specific groups of bilinguals, and make big claims about bilingual learning. Let us not study one domain, say vocabulary, and generalize to bilinguals’ language. These are all valid points. She also voices strong skepticism about how current literature deals with language experience: “Much of the bilingual exposure literature making claims about quantity or quality of exposure is little more than speculation, built from a ‘logic’ about amounts of exposure that will not bear close scrutiny.” (8)
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Regmi, Bhim Nath. "Economic Adversity and Disgrace in Untouchable." NUTA Journal 5, no. 1-2 (December 31, 2018): 40–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nutaj.v5i1-2.23455.
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Mulk Raj Anand has created a unique position as a Humanist and a social writer in India writing in English. He has contributed in the development of Indian English Literature and focuses on caste issue, economic adversity and disgrace rooted in Indian society. He has public concerns and humanity for the subjugated people and his characters represent the social reality of suppressed people of India. His first novel Untouchable is an account of a day in the life of its protagonist- Bakha, an untouchable sweeper. He describes the depressed conditions of the untouchables, their immitigable hardships and physical and mental agonies almost with the meticulous skill of historical raconteur
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Dr. Vishnu Kumar. "Social Resistance in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable." Creative Launcher 7, no. 4 (August 30, 2022): 96–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2022.7.4.13.
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Mulk Raj Anand was a revolutionary writer of the twentieth century India who changed the mode of writing and thinking in the field of Indian fiction writing. The novelists before him, who had written fiction, wrote the fictional side of life which were ideal and romantic in nature. There were a smaller number of issues of the society. Mulk Raj Anand’s writing brought revolutionary change in the field of fiction writing. He wrote the novels for the sake of untouchables and the poor. He raised the issues of casteism, capitalism, feudalism, colonialism and imperialism through his novels. In Untouchable, he has attacked one of the worst social evils of the Indian society which was ignored by the previous writers and that is blot on Indian society, culture and tradition that has colonized eighty five percent people of Indian society. This sensibility has ruined creativity of Indian people. Casteism and untouchability are the blots on the face of humanity. Anand seems fighting for the liberty, equality and justice of the untouchables and the poor. He appealed for the basic human rights and needs in the newly emerging civil structure of colonial and post-independence India. He had the opinion among all the fundamental rights that human dignity is the highest. Bakha, the leading character, had the resistance in the mind but he could not express it due to the fear of his caste. Bakha is a metaphor for all the untouchables of India.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Untouchables"
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Oliva, Oscar I. "Targeting terrorist leaders : the Peruvian untouchables experience. /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Dec%5FOliva.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2005.Thesis Advisor(s): Gordon McCormick, George Lober. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-58). Also available online.
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Constable, Philip. "From Bhakti to Buddhism : early Dalit literature and ideology, 1888-1956." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343511.
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FERREIRA, IVANILDA MARIA FIGUEIREDO DE LYRA. "AMONG BOYS, UNTOUCHABLES AND BUGRES: THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS PARADIGM." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=16647@1.
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COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOROs direitos fundamentais são a base de sustentação dos estados democráticos de direito. No entanto, a efetivação dos direitos não ocorre de modo equitativo em todas as sociedades que os proclamam, nem tampouco para todas as pessoas dentro de cada uma delas. A cisão entre direitos civis e políticos de um lado e dhesca`s (direitos humanos econômicos, sociais, culturais e ambientais) de outro contraria a própria essência desses direitos, assim como, é uma afronta a normativa internacional que enumera entre suas propriedades a indivisibilidade, interdependência e inter-relação. Por isso, minha proposta é repensar a interconexão entre os direitos fundamentais mediante um substrato teórico capaz de tornar esses princípios mais claros e operativos e levando em consideração a desigualdade no desfrute dos direitos e as raízes dessa márepartição. Assim, uni debates da teoria da capacitação apresentada por Amartya Sen e Marta Nussbaum às tensões sociais identificadas por Nancy Fraser. Além disso, dentro das inúmeras arenas através da quais é possível se empreender a busca pela realização destes direitos busquei o foco na contribuição do sistema de justiça a esse processo. Para tanto, precisei destacar que o sistema de justiça não age sozinho. Ele é parte de uma rede que nomeei Sistema de Garantia de Direitos Fundamentais (SGDF) a qual se constitui na articulação e integração das funções estatais (administração pública, órgãos do legislativo e órgãos do Judiciário) nos três planos federativos, com a sociedade civil organizada e os cidadãos de modo individual ou através de grupos de interesse Embora tenha ressaltado que o SGDF estrutura-se por matéria e não através dos sujeitos, destaquei que o recorte epistemológico dessa tese enfoca os grupos historicamente credores de direitos em três sociedades, a Indiana, a Brasileira, e a Sulafricana. Tais grupos foram escolhidos por serem eles não apenas os mais carentes no desfrute de direitos, mas também no acesso ao sistema de justiça. Os três eixos são interligados, mas o sistema de justiça tem atuação protagônica no eixo da defesa. Nele analisei a atuação das Cortes Constitucionais da Índia, Brasil e África do Sul na realização destes direitos para aquelas pessoas com déficit histórico significativo de acesso a direitos fundamentais. Os dados provenientes da Índia e da África do Sul foram utilizados com o intuito de obter um olhar mais inspirado para o contexto brasileiro. O intuito não era comparar os países, mas valorizar o intercambio de experiência entre países do sul há tantas vivências similares ainda que originadas de contextos históricos, sociais e jurídicos diversos. A constatação de que o acesso dos grupos credores de direitos ao Supremo Tribunal Federal persiste bastante deficitário, mesmo ante o significativo esforço desta Corte em julgar um número imenso de processos fez com que fossem delineadas duas propostas com clara inspiração no contexto sulafricano e indiano: o acesso direto a Corte Constitucional e a instituição de uma nova forma de julgamento dos direitos sociais, condizentes com seu caráter de normas-base do estado de direito contemporâneo.
Fundamental rights are the supporting basis of democratic states that follow the rule of law. The appliance of these rights does not happen in an equal way in all societies that proclaim them, nor to all the people within these societies. The divide between civil and political rights on one hand, and economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights on the other is defended by the very own essence of these rights, and by the principles of the international normative that considers them indivisible, interdependent, and inter-related. Because of that, I proposed that the interconnection between fundamental rights be rethought through a theoretical substrate capable of making these principles clearer and operative and taking into consideration the inequality in the enjoyment of these rights and the root of this unequal division. With that in mind, it unites debates about the capability theory presented by Amartya Sen and Marta Nussbaum to the social tensions identified by Nancy Fraser. Moreover, within the several arenas through which it is possible to search for the effectiveness of these rights I tried to focus on the contribution made by the justice system to this process. For that, I needed to highlight that the justice system does not act alone, it is part of a network that I named Fundamental Rights Assurance System (SGDF), which is formed through the articulation and integration of state functions (public administration, legislative offices, and judiciary offices) in the three federative levels, with organized civil society and citizens in an individual manner or through groups of interest. The SGDF should act through three paths, in favor of the effectiveness of fundamental rights: promotion, defense, and control. Although I have emphasized that the SGDF structures itself materially and not through individuals, I highlighted that the epistemological frame of this thesis focuses on the groups historically denied rights in these three societies due to the fact that they are not only the neediest in the enjoyment of rights, but also in the access to justice. The three axes are interconnected, but the justice system has the main role in the defense field. In such area I have analyzed the role of Constitutional Courts in India, Brazil, and South Africa in the appliance of these rights for those people with a significant historical deficit of access to fundamental rights. The data coming from India and South Africa were used with the intent of obtaining a more inspired insight on the Brazilian context. The intent was not to compare these countries, but value the exchange of experiences among countries in the south with similar issues to face. The conclusion that the access to the Supreme Federal Court by underprivileged groups remains with a large deficit, even with the huge effort the Court makes in judging a large number of cases, lead to the outline of two proposals with clear inspiration in the South African and Indian context: the direct access to a Constitutional Court and the creation a new way to decide about social rights.
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Ozden, Tugba. "The Dalit Movement Within The Context Of The Indian Independence Movement." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606575/index.pdf.
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This thesis analyses the Dalit Movement with regards to the twentieth century Indian nationalism and independence movement. Within this epoch, India was dealing with both internal and external problems, and this thesis confronts with the process of double freedom movement rolled into one, in India. On one side Indian nation was fighting against the British Imperialism and on the other hand the least level of the ancient Hindu social order varna, the Untouchables, were fighting against the higher castes for eradication of their historical backwardness. This solution of both problems pointed out changes in social and political terms.
The mentioned movement under the leadership of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, who is recognized as the architect of the Indian constitution, aimed to obtain both political and social rights and freedom for the Untouchables. By this movement, Dalits initially managed to attain political rights and to outlaw discrimination among people. And then, in order to facilitate the integration of Dalits within the social sphere, they decided to convert from Brā
hmanism to Buddhism in year 1956 and ten thousands of Dalits converted following Dr. Ambedkar. In the present day, the ex-Untouchables are living under the umbrellas of Buddhism, Islam or Christianity in various parts of India. Even though the mentioned ex-Untouchables survive normally and non-problematically in urban, those of them living in the rural front against the violence of radical rightist, nationalist Hindus.
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Kumbher, Kamran. "Practising Hindusim in the Islamic Repulblic of Pakistan : devotion and the politics of untouchability in Ramdev Pir's tradition of Sindh." Thesis, Paris, EHESS, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020EHES0043.
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Cette étude est une tentative de comprendre le processus par lequel une secte religieuse mineure s'est installée dans une nouvelle région au passé historique complexe et comment elle s'est transformée par la suite en organisation politique. Dans ma thèse, je me concentre sur la transformation d'un panth hindou dans le Sindh depuis son arrivée au 19ème siècle pendant la colonisation britannique des régions transfrontalières voisines du Rajasthan et du Gujarat, jusqu'à leur transformation en un mouvement politique. Les membres ont commencé à s'organiser en tant que communauté religieuse autour d'un site religieux principal situé dans le Tando Allahyar et, plus tard, ils ont été confrontés à des scissions qui ont provoqué l'émergence de multiples sites, justifiées par leurs différences linguistiques, régionales et la guerre de 1971 entre les Indiens et les Pakistanais. Il est important de préciser ici que cette communauté a été classée dès l'époque britannique comme Intouchables, pour parler franchement, bien que différentes dénominations lui aient été données, comme les castes répertoriées, classification qui est toujours utilisée par l'administration pakistanaise. L’épisode de rupture au sein de la communauté a restructuré et réorganisé le panth, puisqu'il a entraîné l'apparition de différents modèles de changements dans la même Panth en raison de leurs différents sites et groupes. En outre, ils sont devenus moins connectés qu'auparavant mais, fait intéressant, le site central est resté important et c'est pourquoi la partie principale de cette étude lui est consacrée. Et après la guerre, l'allégation et la relation de méfiance à l'égard des hindous en général ont conduit un groupe de la communauté à se solidifier politiquement avec une nouvelle identité politique en raison de leur nombre dominant et de leur frontière commune avec l'Inde. Cela s'est fait par la circulation de la littérature de dévotion d'abord, en enregistrant la nostalgie de leurs anciennes régions et l'importance du culte du sauveur et du héros. La majeure partie de la littérature dévotionnelle a été produite en 1990, suivie plus tard par la production de la littérature politique. Elle a contribué à l'établissement d'un mouvement dalit dans une ville. Il est vraiment intéressant de noter qu'en 1980, le mouvement et la littérature dalits ont été produits dans l'état indien du Gujarat et plus tard, ils ont été suivis par le Sind au Pakistan, bien que la politique au Gujarat ne soit pas discutée de façon majeure dans la présente étude. Cette politique identitaire a réagi différemment en raison de l'emplacement de leur nouveau site religieux multiple, de leur nombre dans la population et de leurs propres différences au sein de la Panth. Toute la thèse est conclue sur la façon dont un Panth hindou a changé et transformé sa politique hindoue dans un État islamiqueThis study is an attempt to understand the process through which a minor religious sect settled in a new region with an intricate historical past and transform later in to a political organization. In my thesis, I focus on the transformation of a Hindu panth in Sindh from its arrival in the 19th century during British colonization from the neighboring cross border regions of Rajasthan and Gujarat, to their transformation into a political movement. The members started to organize themselves as a religious community around a main religious site located in Tando Allahyar and later on, it faced splits which caused the emergence of multiple sites, justified by their linguistic, regional differences and Indo Pak war of 1971. It is important to state here this community was classified from the British times as Untouchables, to speak frankly, althobreakuperent denominations were given to it, such as Scheduled castes, a classification which is still used by Pakistan administration.This breakup episode has re-structured and re-organized the panth, since it has led to the emergence of different patterns of changes in the same panth because of their different sites and groups. Furthermore, they got less connected as compared to before but interestingly, the central site remained impo, in general,hat is why the main part of this study is devoted to it. And after the war, the allegation and relationship of mistrust on Hindus in general led a group among the communitythe to solidify politically with new political identity because of their dominant number and shared border with India. It has been done through circulation of devotional literature first, recording the longingness for their old regions and the importance of savior and hero worship. Most of the devotional literature was produced in 1990 which later was followed by producing the and literatureerature. It contributed to establish a Dalit movement in one city. It is really interesting that in the 1980, the Dalit movement and literature was prothe duced in the Indian state of Gujarat and later it was followed by Sindh in Pakistan though the politics in Gujarat is not majorly discussed in present study. This Identity politics have responded differently because of the location of their new religious multiple sites, their number in the population and their own differences within the panth. The whole thesis is concluded that how a Hindu Panth changed and transformed their Hindu politics in an Islamic state
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Rathnaiah, K. "Social change among Malas : an ex-untouchable caste of South India /." New Dehli : Discovery publ. House, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37483181h.
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Simkhada, Bharat Prasad. "Sociocultral meditation of learning: the case of untouchable primary children in Napal." Thesis, Open University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489911.
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Education is one of the powerful instruments of social change and mobility in caste structured Nepalese society. The thesis investigates the sociocultural mediation of school learning of 'untouchable' children to explore the impact of legislation and policy in achieving social change for those ethnic minorities who suffer a legacy of social, cultural and economic deprivation within a hierarchical caste structure.
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Kamen, Gale Ellen. "The Status, Survival, and Current Dilemma of a Female Dalit Cobbler of India." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26590.
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Historically, oppression has been and continues to be a serious issue of concern worldwide in both developed and underdeveloped countries. The structure of Indian society, with its hierarchies and power structures, is an ideal place to better understand the experience of oppression. Women throughout the long established Indian hierarchy, and members of the lower castes and classes, have traditionally born the force of oppression generated by the Indian social structure. The focus of this research explored the way the way class, caste, and gender hierarchies coalesce to influence the life choices and experiences of an Indian woman born into the lowest level of the caste and class structure. This research specifically addressed the female Dalit cobbler (leatherworker), who exists among a caste and class of people who have been severely oppressed throughout Indian history. One female Dalit cobbler from a rural village was studied. Her life represents three levels of oppression: females (gender), Dalits (caste), and cobblers (class). This study was based on three interconnected research questions that attempted to uncover the way class, caste, and gender hierarchies influence the lives of Dalit female cobblers: what the Dalit female cobbler has experienced in terms of economic, personal, and social struggle; how the Dalit female cobbler manages to get through her day-to-day struggles; and where the Dalit female cobbler sees herself in the future. Participant observation and triangulation were major components in the design of this study, as it was important to view the local daily life of this individual. Detailed field notes were collected and recorded, interviews based on open-ended questions were conducted, and site documents were gathered. The findings that have become evident throughout this observation have increasingly exposed one continuous theme in particular: the "lived' experience and position that one must accept his or her station in life without question. This dissertation, however, has shown how acceptance does not mean that one stops trying to thrive. On the contrary, the life of this particular female Dalit cobbler exemplifies the ingenuity and perseverance of people who are not members of the dominant social structure. It demonstrates how one individual had the ability to negotiate multiple levels of oppression and succeed in sustaining herself, her family, and her community.Ph. D.
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Gorringe, Hugo. "Untouchable citizens : an analysis of the Liberation Panthers and democratisation in Tamil Nadu." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/24632.
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In 1950 the constitution of independent India rendered the practice of untouchability a criminal offence. Special programmes of affirmative action were also instituted on behalf of the Untouchables, now known as Scheduled Castes, to offset centuries of deprivation. Theoretically the introduction of the universal franchise created a nation of equal citizens, and the reservation of parliamentary seats for the SCs guaranteed that they would be represented. The de jure abolition of untouchability has not, however, resulted in its de facto eradication (Desai 1978: 111). Structural and social inequalities have conspired to ensure the continuing subordination of the majority of the Scheduled Castes. Disillusionment with the inadequacies of the institutions of interest mediation has, since the 1970s, been channelled into extra-institutional mobilisation and protest for change. Drawing upon the example of civil rights activists in the United States, many of the SCs have rejected the appellations by which they are commonly known and have called themselves Dalits. Dalit is a Marathi word meaning ‘downtrodden’ and it has been adopted to symbolise the rejection of the caste system and the values that sustain it. Most authors have focused on the experience of Dalit movements in the north of India. This thesis charts the rise, and attempts an analysis of the Liberation Panther (LPs) movement in the southern state of Tamilnadu. The particular history of political development in the state, a form of Dravidian nationalism, resulted in the polity that was ideologically committed to the eradication of caste. Only in recent decades have autonomous Dalit organisations have been able to challenge the Dravidian hegemony. Using the insights of social movement theory this thesis charts the conditions of Dalit mobilisation in Tamil Nadu, its modes of protest and organisation and its impact in the state. Whilst much has been written about participatory ‘new social movements’, this thesis highlights the problematic of leadership and the dilemmas of caste-based mobilisation. Social movements, it is argued, are shaped by the culture from which they emerge - both in terms of their social and spatial practices. Most Dalits are poor, and continue to reside in segregated housing areas, but this thesis argues that they are increasingly assertive in their demand for equal rights and social respect. Of particular significance is the entry of the LPs into electoral politics in 1999. Dalit movements and parties may be flawed, but in challenging the status quo and opening up the political process to hitherto excluded groups of people, they are contributing toward the democratisation of Indian democracy.
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Innami, Fusako. "The touchable and the untouchable : an investigation of touch in modern Japanese literature." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:29608446-afd6-4b05-b096-d4ffd5ccf3fd.
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This thesis examines how the experience of touch is depicted in modern/contemporary Japanese literature and culture. Employing touch-related 20th century French thought (Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Nancy) and psychoanalytic theory (Klein, Anzieu, Kimura), it discusses how the representations of touch illuminate various aspects of human existence, specifically: the mediated nature of touch, the process of the bodily encounters, the formation of subject identity, sexual differences, and the way memories of touch depicted in literature affect our sense of temporality. Touch is a particularly interesting way of approaching Japanese literature because touching between people (apart from mother and child, called skinship) has been considerably repressed at least until after WW2, due to the relative absence of public practices of touch, authors’ aesthetic choices and censorship. Opposing this tendency, female authors born postwar write freely about touch. In comparison to Judeo-Christian cultures, Japanese culture has historically not been open to tactile communication, nor is explicit articulation of internal experience, as in psychoanalysis, particularly prominent. Japanese literary characters are thus especially self-conscious about touch. Following a theoretical and historical overview regarding touch and contact in the Introduction, Chapter 1 discusses different ways of mediating touch in the works of Yoshiyuki Junnosuke, Tanizaki Jun’ichirō, and Abe Kōbō. Chapter 2 argues how high levels of mediation affect the manners of engaging in direct encounters with others in Yoshiyuki, Kawabata Yasunari, and Matsuura Rieko. Chapter 3 discusses the temporality of tactile memories in Yoshiyuki, Kawabata, and Ogawa Yoko. Reflecting on such a complicated portrayal of touch in Japanese culture will help fill a gap in the existing scholarship regarding touch in literature. By critically examining the relationship between theories and literature in the East and West, this thesis also significantly contributes to the field of comparative literature and cultural studies as an example of cross-cultural research on touch.
Books on the topic "Untouchables"
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Chabrier, Gwendolyn. India's untouchables. New Delhi: Creative Crows Publishers LLP, 2016.
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Goswami, Bonomali. Untouchables: A novel. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications, 1994.
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B, Hill Georgia, ed. Touching the untouchables. Wheaton, Ill: Tyndale House Publishers, 1985.
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S, Gupta John, ed. God of the untouchables. Honolulu, Hawaii: Straight Street Pub., 1999.
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Fule, Joti Govindrao. Gulāmagirī: Brāhmaṇī āḍapaḍaghāta. [Mumbaī: Raghuvãśī Prakāśana], 1986.
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O’Malley, L. S. S. "The Untouchables." In Indian Caste Customs, 137–60. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003383857-8.
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Bearce, Stephanie. "The Secret Six and the Untouchables." In Top Secret Files, 31–34. New York: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003239154-11.
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Shah, A. M. "Untouchability, The Untouchables and Social Change in Gujarat*." In The Structure of Indian Society, 164–75. Second edition. | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.: Routledge India, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429401268-10.
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Joshi, Barbara R. "Human Rights as Dynamic Process: The Case of India's Untouchables." In Asian Perspectives on Human Rights, 162–85. New York: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429033674-11.
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Vundru, Raja Sekhar. "Ambedkar’s Alternatives to Electoral Safeguards and Electoral Representation of Untouchables and Minorities." In Politics of Representation, 101–18. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1544-4_5.
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Dasgupta, Sayantan. "Untouchable." In Selected Writings of Shyamal Kumar Pramanik, 59–65. London: Routledge India, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003437925-6.
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Waghmore, Suryakant. "Changing Dynamics of Untouchability." In The Oxford Handbook of Caste, 478–87. Oxford University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198896715.013.32.
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Abstract This chapter argues that the traditional forms and ideas of untouchability are under severe duress due to migration, urbanization, protective-preventive and compensatory legal measures and more importantly due to assertion and activism of ex-untouchable castes. Paradoxically withering of the caste system and eradication of untouchability is accompanied with increased violence against untouchables in rural areas and newer forms of exclusion of untouchables in urban areas. Despite limitations, urban India promises better possibilities of dignity and equality for ex-untouchables.
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"THE “UNTOUCHABLES”." In Kentucky Passion, 160–64. Red Lightning Books, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv21hrfjx.45.
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Thorat, Sukhadeo, S. Madheswaran, and B. P. Vani. "Untouchables’ Poverty." In Scheduled Castes in the Indian Labour Market, 277–302. Oxford University PressOxford, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198872252.003.0011.
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Abstract This chapter summarizes the main findings of the empirical analysis. The sources and remedies of untouchables’ poverty, caste inequality in wage income and poverty, caste discrimination in employment, wages, and occupation are summarized in this chapter. This chapter also highlights the impact of discrimination on untouchables’ poverty. Lessons from theories and international experiences on policies are also discussed in great length. Based on the empirical results, it suggests the policies to overcome the discrimination in employment and wages. The chapter also suggests a policy of legal safeguards, affirmative action policy, and policy of reparation. The chapter finally concludes that elimination of labour market discrimination is necessary to achieve the reduction in poverty.
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"Preface." In The Untouchables, xvii—xviii. Cambridge University Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511612213.002.
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Schnabel, Marc Aurel, Xiangyu Wang, Hartmut Seichter, and Tom Kvan. "Touching The Untouchables: Virtual-, Augmented- And Reality." In CAADRIA 2008: Beyond Computer-Aided Design. CAADRIA, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.2008.293.
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Kim, Hongil, Jiho Lee, Eunkyu Lee, and Yongdae Kim. "Touching the Untouchables: Dynamic Security Analysis of the LTE Control Plane." In 2019 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/sp.2019.00038.
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Yano, Hiroaki, Yuichi Miyamoto, and Hiroo Iwata. "Touch the untouchable." In ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2009 Art Gallery & Emerging Technologies: Adaptation. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1665137.1665206.
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Pajorova, Eva, and Ladislav Hluchy. "3D Big Data Modeling of Untouchable Research Results." In 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME). IEEE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iceccme52200.2021.9591126.
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Andrews, Graham, Shelby Isom, Matthew Brueseke, Gabrielle Labishak, Holly D. Pettus, and Cara Gunzelman. "GETTING TO GRIPS WITH UNTOUCHABLE SAMPLES: ONLINE 3D GEOLOGICAL SPECIMEN MODELS ON SKETCHFAB.COM." In Southeastern Section-70th Annual Meeting-2021. Geological Society of America, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2021se-362295.
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Perfeito, Ana De Jesus, and Bruno Mendes Da Silva. "Live Cinema: Composing Linear Narratives through Untouchable Interfaces and the Performers' Body Movements." In ARTECH 2023: 11th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3632776.3632792.
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Ezzuldeen, Mustafa M. "Innovative Gas Turbine Engine Cycle Aerothermodynamical Analysis." In ASME 2013 Gas Turbine India Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gtindia2013-3522.
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The gas turbine engine design is fundamentally, taking the air flow into the compressing stage then combustion stage to add energy, and finally extracting energy in the turbine module. This journey of the flow in the engine is in serial connections. Posing the problem of the limiting turbine inlet temperature, the number that all the turbomachinery engineers desperately want to increase by tuning the inlet stages materials, or fine changes onto the blades’ profile or the flow paths. But the significant increase to this temperature lies under more fundamental and radical redesigns to the theory of the gas turbine operation, and its thermodynamical cycle. These principles were considered for long untouchable facts, and stayed lurking from the engineers examining eyes. This paper introduces one of these possibilities by genuine redesign concepts. Backed with CFD analysis, and Thermodynamical feasibility studies to address the potential problems of these modifications. The redesigns include implementing the new concept of the contra-rotating turbine more effectively to reduce the turbine module size, connecting pressurized fluid streams of two counter-rotating compressors in parallel instead of the serial connection, forming a protecting Pressurized shield for the entry turbine stages and, Extracting the energy in the process flow using flows interactions instead of flow-blades interactions.
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Almarzooqi, Laila Sayed, Meera Alqemzi, Pablo Cremades, Juan Enrique Lopez, and Carlos Palacios. "Super Wells: Disruptive Proposal for Well Production Beyond the Established Fixed Limits (Erosional / Corrosive Limits) Case Study in High Potential Wells in Abu Dhabi Field." In ADIPEC. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/211223-ms.
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Abstract Early in oil field development, it is possible to discover high-potential wells that allow "thinking outside the box." However, in adverse scenarios (presence of H2S and appearance of asphaltenes), the limits appear to be very conservative. Two of these untouchable limits are the erosive and corrosive limits of fluid velocity. In particular, the use of API 14E RP based models is very conservative because it must be used safely in a wide range of applications in producing and injection wells around the world. Even commercial Nodal Analysis ® suites for their default erosion calculations take the dimensionless C factor = 100 as a reference. The objective of this work is to show a case study in which it is determined the feasibility and theoretical limits of increase production mean model the detrimental effect of erosion and corrosion to take advantage the potential of oil-producing wells with a high productivity index (higher than 8 bpd/psi) to safely optimize your production (greater than 5,000 bpd) with low risk of erosion or corrosion over a 5-year horizon under specific conditions. Alternative models were based on conservative values of 15 ft/s as the upper erosive limit (Zheng et al. at 2000) and 5 mpy (NACE SP0775) as the upper corrosive limit. Iterations of factor C were carried out up to 125 that allowed increasing the production rate of high potential wells above 5000 bpd. This study allowed to determine a list of candidate wells for a second analysis. This second study was more detailed and was based on an extended model (erosion/corrosion) developed by the University of Tulsa and confirmed that these wells could produce more than 5000 bpd over a period of up to 10 years with very low risk of failure due to erosion or corrosion failures. From 40 wells of the field evaluated, it was found that of the 12 wells with high potential, 9 wells were found to be viable to produce up to 6000 bpd during the first stage (C factor up to 125). In the second stage of the process the study concluded that it was feasible to increase the production of the 9 wells even up to 7000 bpd without causing significant risks of erosion or corrosion if the water cut was kept below 10%. Field short test was carried out in three (3) wells with satisfactory results. The application, for limited periods of time, of alternative models that allow the optimization of production of wells with high potential during the early development of large oil fields is possible. If the water cut, and solids production values remain low (water cut less than 10% and solids production less than 0.1 kg/1000 bpd and particle size between 20-50 microns).
Reports on the topic "Untouchables"
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Sexual violence within marriage: A case study of rural Uttar Pradesh. Population Council, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh1997.1010.
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Until recently the study of sexual behavior, despite being a very important area of human behavior, has remained an untouchable subject. The sensitivity of the subject and difficulties collecting required information discouraged social scientists from venturing into this area of human behavior. However, the advent of AIDS and its rapid spread in India has changed the scenario. Today the study of sexual behavior is an important subject and both national and international agencies, as part of the AIDS control program, are encouraging research on the subject. This paper addresses a totally neglected area, which is sexual coercion within marriage. The paper is based on a detailed qualitative study carried out by the Centre for Operations Research and Training on the decision-making process involved in seeking abortion. The study was carried out in two villages of Lucknow district located in central Uttar Pradesh. Data were collected by two trained social scientists, who spent five months in the field using various qualitative approaches—in-depth case studies, focus-group discussions with community members, and informal interviews with health and abortion service providers.