RLS in South Asia
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Anusandhan Trust, India, International Dialogue |
Transnational investments in healthcare: A study of German investments in Indian private health sector
This report examines the involvement of Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and Development Cooperation bodies in the Indian private healthcare sector.
International Dialogue |
Development Opportunities or Challenges
Looking at the Proposed Free Trade Agreement between India and the European Union
India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
Solidarity for Survival: Cooperative Building as a Solution to Overcome Vulnerability
This paper explores the role of cooperatives in fostering solidarity among economically disadvantaged migrant workers from various backgrounds in Kolkata, based on case studies of press workers, construction workers, sanitation workers, and sex workers.
Read more … Solidarity for Survival: Cooperative Building as a Solution to Overcome Vulnerability
India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
Those Who Stay Behind: Lived Experiences from Indian Sundarbans Amidst Climate Change and Migration
Climate change is frighteningly real. The global discourse on climate change has turned increasingly towards understanding vulnerability as a priority for research and policy.
India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
Mitigating the Impact of Covid and Conflict: Empowering & Securing Futures of Children Belonging to Pastoral Communities of Jammu and Kashmir
The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, now divided into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, has a significant tribal population, including Gujjars and Bakkarwals, who were recognized as Scheduled Tribes after the end of British Colonial rule and have since received affirmative action from the state.
India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
Theorising Race and Space in a Transnational Context
This paper argues that racism is a European invention instituted through the project of colonialism.
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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
The Kaibarta Question in Barak Valley, Assam: A Curious Case of Settlements in Flux
This paper tries to trace the origins of Kaibarta migration in Barak valley of Southern Assam by focusing on how the community came and settled in the region.
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India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
Navigating Precarity: Analysing Multiple Narratives of Citizenship in Assam
This report explores citizenship dilemmas in Assam, India, where the state has designated a group called 'Non Citizens.' These individuals live in a state of limbo, facing daily threats of deportation. The report examines the implications of this situation.
Read more … Navigating Precarity: Analysing Multiple Narratives of Citizenship in Assam
India, International Dialogue, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group |
Impact of Climate Change on Nomads in Jammu and Kashmir with a View of Public Health Facilities
With Jammu and Kashmir witnessing extreme weather events like the earthquake in 2005, flash floods and landslides in 2010, and the massive floods of 2014; the Bakarwal population is finding it difficult to continue the centuries-old practice of transhumance pastoralism.
International Dialogue |
Human Rights and the Sports Industry
While the FIFA World Cup 2022 has ended, the Kafala system hasn't. The woes of the thousands of migrant workers living and working in Qatar remain unaddressed. We deconstruct some issues that will continue to plague workers living in the Gulf country unless something drastically changes.
International Dialogue |
Policy Paper: Democracy and Discontent
This paper analyses the current political situation in India with a view to the elections in spring 2019.
International Dialogue |
Policy Paper: China´s Belt and Road Initiative
This paper analyses the new Chinese global growth and development strategy, the so-called "New Silk Route".
International Dialogue |
Policy Paper: Leftizing the Left
This paper analyses the unification of the left parties in Nepal.
International Dialogue, South Asian University |
Organizing Against Capital
This edited volume by South Asian University brings fresh insights into ongoing debates of anti-capitalist movements and facilitates understanding on the working and politics of capital and labour located within it.
International Dialogue |
Alternatives in a World of Crisis
This book is the result of an effort by the RLS working group "Beyond Development". It intends to contribute to the urgently needed collective inquiries taking into view new theoretical and political paradigms of social transformation.