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Markets in modern India: embedded, contested, pliable

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The Future of Ritual

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Hundi/hawala: the problem of definition

TL;DR: In this article, a discussion explores the idea that hundi is more accurately described as an indigenous banking system endowed with a complex range of functions, but whose central purpose is trade.
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Behind the Curtain

TL;DR: This is the story of a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer at a young age and had to undergo surgery to remove her ovary.
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Lessons Learned from Attempts to Reform India’s Kerosene Subsidy

TL;DR: Shenoy et al. as discussed by the authors examined India's attempts to reform its long-standing subsidy on residential kerosene, and found that two thirds of India's subsidised Kerosene goes to low-income households, while the rest is diverted to black markets.
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Hundi/Hawala: The Problem of Definition

TL;DR: In this paper, a discussion explores the idea that hundi is more accurately described as an indigenous banking system endowed with a complex range of functions, but whose central purpose is trade.
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Hundi/hawala: the problem of definition

TL;DR: In this article, a discussion explores the idea that hundi is more accurately described as an indigenous banking system endowed with a complex range of functions, but whose central purpose is trade.