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Education and Consciousness: A Study on Urban Educated Women of Kolkata

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Introduction: The empowerment of women is a widely discussed issue for long at all levels, from global to local. Since women constitute half of the population of the nation, many policy makers identify women in a categorized group, focusing on highlighting the context of women, often adopting a politically correct position, but inadequately both in […]

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Welfare Issue in India’s 2024 Elections: An Analysis of Party Manifestoes

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The deprivations of the poor – not their ethnic identity – have been getting the attention of the Indian state and the political parties. The size of this class of welfare aspirants is substantial from an electoral point of view. Therefore, every political party seems eager to address the issues of deprivations. Democratic representation of

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RAMMOHUN ROY: IDEAS AND RELEVANCE

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A typical example of Western assessment of Indian political thought is provided by Dunning. He concludes that India does not have any political thought because of the dominance of religion and theology. “The Oriental Aryans, comments Dunning, “never freed their politics from the theological and metaphysical environment in which it is embedded today” (1966, 4).

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Intersectional Oppression: Looking through the reminiscences of Mahar WomenIntersectional Oppression: Looking through the reminiscences of Mahar Women

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Abstract:A community which bears the brunt of discrimination and violence is often pushed to the margin through a continuous process. Within the community, it is the women who get further marginalized due to the pervasive nature of patriarchy. The voice of a marginalized class mostly goes unheard and unexpressed. If a community is marginalized, it

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