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Sikh Religion and Contentions around Caste by Jodhka, Surinder S

“…Caste has been a contentious subject in Sikhism. While the Sikh theological canons have vehemently opposed its practice, it continues to be present among the…”
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Why are the farmers of Punjab protesting? by Jodhka, Surinder S.

“…In early June 2020, the union government of India enacted three legislations concerning agriculture. The new laws were intended to open up the farming sector…”
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Introduction. Towards a Sociology of India’s Economic Elite: Beyond the Neo-Orientalist and Managerialist Perspectives by Jodhka, Surinder S, Naudet, Jules

“…Is there such a thing as an “Indian way of doing business”? Many publications, whether academic or not, indeed assert the singularity of Indians’ approach to…”
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Ascriptive hierarchies: Caste and its reproduction in contemporary India by Jodhka, Surinder S

“…Social science literature on caste tends to view it as a peculiar institution of the Hindus, emanating from their past tradition and religious…”
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Agrarian Studies and the Caste Conundrum by Jodhka, Surinder S.

“…The article calls for a recognition of caste as a structuring reality of agrarian life in South Asia. Such a recognition may also have a larger and comparative…”
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Religion and Politics in South Asia by Jodhka, Surinder S., Fazal, Tanweer

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Caste: experiences in South Asia and beyond by Gorringe, Hugo, Jodhka, Surinder S., Takhar, Opinderjit Kaur

“…This special issue of Contemporary South Asia seeks to capture the diversity and situatedness of the caste experience and deepen our understanding of caste…”
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Emergent Ruralities: Revisiting Village Life and Agrarian Change in Haryana by JODHKA, SURINDER S

“…Based on a revisit to two villages of Haryana after a gap of 20 years (1988-89 and 2008-09), this paper provides a historical overview of the process of…”
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Agrarian Changes in the Times of (Neo-liberal) 'Crises': Revisiting Attached Labour in Haryana by JODHKA, SURINDER S

“…Over the last two decades or so the dominant mode of talking about Indian agriculture has been that of "crisis". Commentators and scholars have tended to…”
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Institutionalizing Equality: Contexts and Meanings of Equal Opportunity Commission by Jodhka, Surinder S.

“…The appointment of the Sachar Committee and mostly positive reception of its Report constitute an important event in the contemporary history of Indian…”
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Non-farm Economy in Madhubani, Bihar: Social Dynamics and Exclusionary Rural Transformations by JODHKA, SURINDER S, KUMAR, ADARSH

“…Based on a field study of two large settlements, the social dynamics of "rural" non-farm economy in the Madhubani district of Bihar are explored. Both these…”
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Sikhism and the caste question: Dalits and their politics in contemporary Punjab by Jodhka, Surinder S.

“…Caste has invariably been seen in unitary terms, as a pan-Indian reality without any significant variations in its structure or ideology. While it was…”
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The Lifeline of Indian Social Sciences by JODHKA, SURINDER S

“…[...]I believe, this is also true of a very large number of fellow scholars working in different disciplines of the social sciences and humanities, and doing…”
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Revisiting the Rural in 21st Century India by JODHKA, SURINDER S

“…The Review of Rural Affairs this time focuses largely on "restudies" of villages that were studied by social anthropologists and economists in the 1950s. The…”
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Caste & the Corporate Sector by Jodhka, Surinder S.

“…UPA at the Centre has proposed extension of the quota system for SCs and STs to the private sector. The corporate sector's response to the proposal was…”
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Caste and Democracy: Assertion and Identity among the Dalits of Rural Punjab by Jodhka, Surinder S.

“…The literature on the political sociology of caste identity/mobilisations in contemporary India and her democratic political process generally focuses…”
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Open Letter to the President of India by Kidwai, Ayesha, Kannabiran, Kalpana, Anandhi, S, Roy, Rahul, Jodhka, Surinder S

“…The death of Rohith Vemula of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) is a grief that is impossible to bear, made even worse with the revelations that the toxic mix…”
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Comparative Contexts of Discrimination: Caste and Untouchability in South Asia by JODHKA, SURINDER S, SHAH, GHANSHYAM

“…Based on empirical studies carried out in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka during 2007-08, this paper offers a brief introduction to the prevailing…”
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Plural Societies and Imperatives of Change: Interrogating Religion and Development in South Asia by JODHKA, SURINDER S

“…International funding agencies and charities in the developed North also spend a significant proportion of their resources on developmentrelated activities in…”
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From "book view" to "field view": Social anthropological constructions of the Indian village by Jodhka, Surinder S.

“…The "book view" of rural India of the title is that of Indologists and Orientalists, constructed from Hindu scriptures and the historical record. In the…”
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