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India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The People of Our Country
The third book of the series talks about the linguistic diversity of the Indian subcontinent and how it has shaped India's international and regional borders since the colonial period. The book also explores the violence of determining 'insider' and 'outsider' based on linguistic identity, which India has frequently witnessed.
Read more … First History Lessons: The People of Our Country
India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The Languages of Our Country
The second book of the series talks about the complex history of citizenship in post-colonial India, how the Partition shapes the citizenship question, the citizenship act amendments, the reason and consequences of NRC in Assam, and the CAA movement across the country
Read more … First History Lessons: The Languages of Our Country
India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The Partition
The first book of the series talks about the Partition of India and how its impact was different along the lines of region, caste and gender. The book also argues that there is no one-line answer to why the Partition happened.
India, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, Social Justice |
Inter Group Inequality in Wealth Ownership in India
This report explores intergroup inequality in wealth ownership and changes in intergroup wealth inequality. It also analyses intergroup inequality in land ownership, house ownership, and business ownership and changes in intergroup inequality in land ownership, house ownership, and business ownership.
Read more … Inter Group Inequality in Wealth Ownership in India
Centre for Labour Research and Action, India, Social Justice |
The Invisibles: Towards a Seasonal Migration Atlas of India
The Atlas seeks to generate macro estimates of seasonal migrant workers at the state and national levels and document major migration streams.
Read more … The Invisibles: Towards a Seasonal Migration Atlas of India
Centre for Labour Research and Action, India, Social Justice |
Value Chain Analysis of the Sugar Industry
The study undertakes a value chain analysis of the sugar industry in India with a focus on the industry in South Gujarat.
Centre for Labour Research and Action, India, Social Justice |
Fruit of labour: Migrant workers in the Vineyards of Nashik, Maharashtra
This study is a description of “Profile and Working – Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the Vineyards of Nasik, Maharashtra”.
Read more … Fruit of labour: Migrant workers in the Vineyards of Nashik, Maharashtra
Centre for Education and Communication, India, Social Justice |
Labour in the lower tiers of Automobile Value Chains: A Case Study from Gurgaon-Manesar Industrial Cluster in India
The study brings to the light how the big factories and the firms are complexly articulated with the equipment suppliers and how decent work remains a chimera in these segments of work, in terms of access to social protection, occupational safety, transparency in job contracts and labour rights.
Centre for Education and Communication, India, Social Justice |
Exploring (De-)Regulation of Labour in the Automative Value Chain in Delhi-NCR
The study examines the nature of employment relations, the composition of the workforce, modes of recruitment, work hours, access to amenities and social security in the sector. The study also examines the potential and challenges of regulating the Automotive Value Chain, especially in the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act context.
Read more … Exploring (De-)Regulation of Labour in the Automative Value Chain in Delhi-NCR
Council for Social Development, India, Social Justice |
Culture, Capital, and Witch Hunts in Meghalaya and Nagaland
In continuation of the conceptualisation of our earlier study on ‘Culture, Capital and Witch Hunts in Assam’, this study has tried to explore the social beliefs and ritual practices of witch-hunts in indigenous societies of Meghalaya and Nagaland in Northeast India.
Read more … Culture, Capital, and Witch Hunts in Meghalaya and Nagaland
India, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Social Justice |
Mass Grave Sites in Sri Lanka: History and Legal Framework
Knowledge about mass grave sites was scattered across multiple sources, making it difficult to gain a comprehensive understanding of this issue. This report consolidates the available information on each site.
Read more … Mass Grave Sites in Sri Lanka: History and Legal Framework
Focus on the Global South, India, Social Justice |
Graphic Series on Agriculture and Food Security
Join Soni and Lucky in their journey across India as they search for tough answers on food security and explore the complexity of Indian agriculture. The graphic series is created by Orijit Sen, Vidyun Sabhaney and Harsho Mohan Chattoraj.
Focus on the Global South, India, Social Justice |
Recovery & Road Ahead — Post COVID19 and Agriculture in South Asia
This paper discusses the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on food systems in South Asia to highlight the aftermath of the disruptions to supply chains, farming and agricultural markets.
Read more … Recovery & Road Ahead — Post COVID19 and Agriculture in South Asia
Council for Social Development, India, Social Justice |
Culture, Capital, and Witch Hunts in Assam
This study hopes to build an understanding of witch hunts in Assam and elsewhere, which is necessary for human society to end belief in witchcraft and the practice of witch violence and bring in a human rights-respecting culture.
Centre for Education and Communication, India, Social Justice |
Labouring in South Asia: Status, Issues and Possibilities
This year's Centre for Communication and Education Labour Dialogue focuses on: gig work and labour rights in South Asia; challenges before the labour movement in South Asia; South Asian migrant labour in the Gulf countries; fair wage, social protection and workplace safety for informal workers; and promoting the rights of migrant workers.
Read more … Labouring in South Asia: Status, Issues and Possibilities