Showing papers in "Studies in History in 2012"
TL;DR: There exists a vast gulf between this modernization and the almost feudal mind sets of people like the ‘Khap Panchayats’ who force couples who have entered intra-gotra marriages to return to the community fold, even to the extent of forcing the couples to live like siblings.
Abstract: During the past few years, marriages within ‘gotra’ (clan) of the Jat community have come into the limelight. Frequently, those couples who have eloped have been brutally murdered by the diktats of the elders—these are known as ‘honour killings’. Many such incidents have occurred in Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh and the rural belt of Delhi. These areas have reaped the fruits of modernization and access to various facilities such as educational institutions, health centres, modernized roads and multinational business establishments that have encouraged foreign investment. There exists a vast gulf between this modernization and the almost feudal mind sets of people like the ‘Khap Panchayats’ who force couples who have entered intra-gotra marriages to return to the community fold, even to the extent of forcing the couples to live like siblings. A large number of such wedded couples have even lost their lives. Thus, as per their gotra affinity, the Khap Panchayats consider them as brother and sister. The Kha...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors challenge genealogies that trace the origins of folkloristics to the discovery of shared cultural forms emerging within European populations, thereby relegating colonialism to the sta...
Abstract: This article challenges genealogies that trace the origins of folkloristics to the discovery of shared cultural forms emerging within European populations, thereby relegating colonialism to the sta...
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TL;DR: In the Sundarbans, the main strands in the story of the region centre around the contest between the tiger and the forest dweller, in other words, the conflict between and coexistence of man and nature as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The forests of the Sundarbans, located in the southernmost parts of West Bengal in India and south-western Bangladesh, remain synonymous with the Royal Bengal Tiger and, to some extent, the mangrove forests unique to South Asia. The principal strands in the story of the region centre around the contest between the tiger and the forest dweller—in other words, the conflict between and co-existence of man and nature. This struggle took the form of reclamation and of putting the forests to the plough. Down the ages there have been several efforts to reclaim forests and set up human habitation in this region. Before the advent of British rule in India most were individual efforts. Those made during British rule were largely successful in bringing in people of various origins into the region. Despite the slow pace of development compared to the rest of Bengal, the face of the Sundarbans then changed forever. Changes in settlement patterns and the stratification of society led to changes in human relations. The ...
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TL;DR: A group of Indian businessmen issued A Plan of Economic Development for India as mentioned in this paper, which came to be known as the Bombay Plan, and the attitude of Indian industrialists to the economic structure of...
Abstract: In 1944, a group of Indian businessmen issued A Plan of Economic Development for India. This came to be known as the Bombay Plan. The attitude of Indian industrialists to the economic structure of ...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the complex nature of handloom weaving in market relations and the household production in the north Indian region of eastern Uttar Pradesh in the first half of the twentieth century through studying a Muslim weavers' community known as Julahas was discussed.
Abstract: This article discusses the complex nature of handloom weaving in market relations and the household production in the north Indian region of eastern Uttar Pradesh in the first half of the twentieth century through studying a Muslim weavers’ community known as Julahas. The entire community chain active in the process of handloom production in a micro-region was appropriated in a new relation of commodity production. Therefore, the article focuses on the emergence of capitalist conditions that enabled connections, affiliations, and exclusions in the networked relationships of social communities. In basically a labour-intensive, low-cost household production, the structure of the production process was defined by the need to purchase yarn and pay for living expenses of the weaver and his dependents while the cloth was being woven. The historically unequal connections operated through the social power balance of community and those in families (between husbands and wives, parents and children) found new meani...
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TL;DR: In course of last few decades, India had witnessed a number of devastating attacks on religious minorities and these raise doubt whether they enjoy ample space in the country as mentioned in this paper. But, the authors of this article reviewed how on...
Abstract: In course of last few decades, India had witnessed a number of devastating attacks on religious minorities. These raise doubt whether they enjoy ample space in the country. The essay reviews how on...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that in medieval India processes of identity formation and hierarchies within the Jain community were drawn upon temple consecration and pilgrimages, and that various events describe the various events described.
Abstract: This article argues that in medieval India processes of identity formation and hierarchies within the Jain community were drawn upon temple consecration and pilgrimages. The various events describe...
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