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Prospects of Artificial Intelligence in the Annihilation of Caste 人工智能在消灭种姓方面的前景

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-09-14 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241266637

Kunal Sinha

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Book review: Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras 书评：Radhika Iyengar，《恒河上的火焰》：巴纳拉斯的死者生活

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241228638

Mohd. Fahad Khan, Shuchi Kaparwan

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Reversing Sovereignty: Deconstructing State ‘Rights’ and ‘Welfare’ in Jacinta Kerketta’s Poetry 逆转主权：解构雅辛塔-凯尔凯塔诗歌中的国家 "权利 "与 "福利

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241270311

Subhayu Bhattacharjee, Sinor Lama

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Voices from Within: A Tale of Caste and Oppression in Kashmir 来自内心的声音克什米尔种姓与压迫的故事

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-08-26 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241260462

Javid Ahmad Moochi

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Book review: Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras 书评：Radhika Iyengar，《恒河上的火焰》：巴纳拉斯的死者生活

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-08-13 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241258816

Anindita Bhattacharjee

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Untouchability-Induced Migration in India: Exploring the Trajectory of Scheduled Caste Migrants 印度由贱民制度引发的移民：探索在册种姓移民的轨迹

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241259822

Jadab Munda, Mihir Adhikary, Amiya Saha

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Inclusive Democracy Through the 73rd Amendment Act: An Empirical Evaluation of Scheduled Castes in Majha Region of Punjab 通过第 73 号修正案实现包容性民主：旁遮普省马贾地区在册种姓的经验评估

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241254177

Sewa Lal

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Politics in the Name of Women’s Reservation 以妇女保留地之名行政治之实

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-08-06 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241262562

Kavita Dehalwar, Shashikant Nishant Sharma

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Book review: Pratinav Anil, Another India: The Making of the World’s Largest Muslim Minority, 1947–77 书评：Pratinav Anil，《另一个印度》：世界上最大穆斯林少数民族的形成，1947-77 年

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241262084

Aamir Jamal Khan

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Co-cultural Communication and Resistant Language: Dalit Women’s Social Strategy in Urmila Pawar’s The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman’s Memoirs and We Also Made History: Women in the Ambedkarite Movement, and Viramma’s Viramma, life of an untouchable 共同文化交流与抗拒性语言：乌尔米拉-帕瓦尔（Urmila Pawar）的《我生命的编织》中达利特妇女的社会战略：一位贱民妇女的回忆录》和《我们也创造了历史：安贝德卡尔运动中的妇女》和 Viramma 的《Viramma，贱民的生活》。

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Contemporary Voice of Dalit Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/2455328x241257999

Surbhi Sharma, Anurag Kumar

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