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An ethnographer by training, I enjoy conducting critical research on social issues that has larger public and policy resonance.
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
The South Asianist, Jun 14, 2012
The views expressed in this report are the authors' and do not necessarily reflect those of the D... more The views expressed in this report are the authors' and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013
Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013
Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013
History and Anthropology, 2012
Abstract This paper explores processes of self-identification and constructions of historical mem... more Abstract This paper explores processes of self-identification and constructions of historical memory among the Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, a community of former Madiga untouchables who came to practising Judaism in the late 1980s. Our discussion is based ...
Anthropology Today, 2010
... Israel Indian Jewish community of the Konkan coast, and possibly in the emergence of the Shin... more ... Israel Indian Jewish community of the Konkan coast, and possibly in the emergence of the Shinlung (now better known as Bnei Menashe), a Judaizing ... of their Jewish origin or of their earlier practices, they feel under pressure to shroud their narrative in what Tamar Katriel has ...
The family-planning programme of Tamil Nadu, largely a female sterilisation campaign, has been ap... more The family-planning programme of Tamil Nadu, largely a female sterilisation campaign, has been applauded as one of the successful public health interventions in India, which had arguably led to the drastic fertility decline in the state. To the state’s dismay, however, the fertility decline in Tamil Nadu was also attended by the increasing reports of female infanticide and sex-selective abortion. In its subsequent response, the state in Tamil Nadu introduced specific policy and interventionary measures to curb the practice. In this paper, I critically examine these responses in their local ethnographic contexts to highlight the manner in which family-planning goals get intertwined with the political intervention on the issue of sex-selection. This leads to women’s diminishing access to unmet needs for family planning and reproductive health services thereby contributing to further marginalisation for Tamil women.
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000
The South Asianist, Jun 14, 2012
The views expressed in this report are the authors' and do not necessarily reflect those of the D... more The views expressed in this report are the authors' and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013
Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013
Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013
History and Anthropology, 2012
Abstract This paper explores processes of self-identification and constructions of historical mem... more Abstract This paper explores processes of self-identification and constructions of historical memory among the Bene Ephraim of Andhra Pradesh, a community of former Madiga untouchables who came to practising Judaism in the late 1980s. Our discussion is based ...
Anthropology Today, 2010
... Israel Indian Jewish community of the Konkan coast, and possibly in the emergence of the Shin... more ... Israel Indian Jewish community of the Konkan coast, and possibly in the emergence of the Shinlung (now better known as Bnei Menashe), a Judaizing ... of their Jewish origin or of their earlier practices, they feel under pressure to shroud their narrative in what Tamar Katriel has ...
The family-planning programme of Tamil Nadu, largely a female sterilisation campaign, has been ap... more The family-planning programme of Tamil Nadu, largely a female sterilisation campaign, has been applauded as one of the successful public health interventions in India, which had arguably led to the drastic fertility decline in the state. To the state’s dismay, however, the fertility decline in Tamil Nadu was also attended by the increasing reports of female infanticide and sex-selective abortion. In its subsequent response, the state in Tamil Nadu introduced specific policy and interventionary measures to curb the practice. In this paper, I critically examine these responses in their local ethnographic contexts to highlight the manner in which family-planning goals get intertwined with the political intervention on the issue of sex-selection. This leads to women’s diminishing access to unmet needs for family planning and reproductive health services thereby contributing to further marginalisation for Tamil women.