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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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Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Policy and Programming on Sex-Selection in Tamil Nadu: Ethnographic and Sociological Reflections

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of The rhetoric and practice of anti-caste resistance in coastal Andhra

Research paper thumbnail of From adherence to search : changing marriage practices in Tamil Nadu, South India

Research paper thumbnail of Female infanticide and sex selective abortions in Tamil Nadu : a public health issue?

Research paper thumbnail of Death before birth : negotiating reproduction, female infanticide and sex selective abortion in Tamil Nadu, South India

Research paper thumbnail of From barefoot brokers to entrepreneur brokers : the rise of a new social category in the development of Bihar?

Research paper thumbnail of Sterilization as a state practice in Tamil Nadu

Research paper thumbnail of Responding to childhood death

Research paper thumbnail of Sex selection, family planning and human rights in rural South India : an ethnographic critique of the political response

Research paper thumbnail of Governmentality and population : an ethnography of public policies, aid practices and legal implications on female infanticide in Tamil Nadu

Research paper thumbnail of Telugu Jews : Are the Dalits of coastal Andhra going caste-awry?

The South Asianist, Jun 14, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Preventing Childhood Deaths

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.

Research paper thumbnail of The Children of Israel

Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of All of Us

Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Rediscovering the Jewish Dalit Past

Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Teshuvah or Sanskritization? A Case Study of Ex-Untouchables in Coastal Andhra

Research paper thumbnail of The Jews of Andhra Pradesh

Research paper thumbnail of Old Memories, New Histories: (Re)discovering the Past of Jewish Dalits

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 ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Children of Ephraim: Being Jewish in Andhra Pradesh (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)

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 ...

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Policy and Programming on Sex-Selec􀆟on in Tamil Nadu: Ethnographic and Sociological Reflec􀆟ons

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.

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Policy and Programming on Sex-Selection in Tamil Nadu: Ethnographic and Sociological Reflections

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of The rhetoric and practice of anti-caste resistance in coastal Andhra

Research paper thumbnail of From adherence to search : changing marriage practices in Tamil Nadu, South India

Research paper thumbnail of Female infanticide and sex selective abortions in Tamil Nadu : a public health issue?

Research paper thumbnail of Death before birth : negotiating reproduction, female infanticide and sex selective abortion in Tamil Nadu, South India

Research paper thumbnail of From barefoot brokers to entrepreneur brokers : the rise of a new social category in the development of Bihar?

Research paper thumbnail of Sterilization as a state practice in Tamil Nadu

Research paper thumbnail of Responding to childhood death

Research paper thumbnail of Sex selection, family planning and human rights in rural South India : an ethnographic critique of the political response

Research paper thumbnail of Governmentality and population : an ethnography of public policies, aid practices and legal implications on female infanticide in Tamil Nadu

Research paper thumbnail of Telugu Jews : Are the Dalits of coastal Andhra going caste-awry?

The South Asianist, Jun 14, 2012

Research paper thumbnail of Preventing Childhood Deaths

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.

Research paper thumbnail of The Children of Israel

Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of All of Us

Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Rediscovering the Jewish Dalit Past

Contesting Caste and Religion in South India, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Teshuvah or Sanskritization? A Case Study of Ex-Untouchables in Coastal Andhra

Research paper thumbnail of The Jews of Andhra Pradesh

Research paper thumbnail of Old Memories, New Histories: (Re)discovering the Past of Jewish Dalits

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 ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Children of Ephraim: Being Jewish in Andhra Pradesh (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)

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 ...

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding Policy and Programming on Sex-Selec􀆟on in Tamil Nadu: Ethnographic and Sociological Reflec􀆟ons

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.

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