Ramdas Rupavath
Biographic Data
| ID | 241234 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ramdas Rupavath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ramdas |
| FAMILY NAME | Rupavath |
| SIGNATURE | RUPAVATH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hyderabad |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6676-4407 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Idea of Girl Children
The adverse impact of socio-economic and cultural changes on the Lambada (or Banjara) community has led to a decline in their living standards and well-being. The shift in this democratic community from the practice of bride price to dowry, along with the absence of infrastructure and welfare schemes, has resulted in the widespread trading of girl children. This article relies on a fieldwork-based study to support arguments for the need to be cul…
Role of Voluntary Organizations in Indian Democracy
The government of India has taken measures to implement various tribal development plans, involving voluntary organization. The study is about how to enhance the reach of government schemes and fill the gaps in service-deficient tribal areas in education, health, drinking water, agro-horticultural productivity, social security, etc., sectors and to provide an environment for socioeconomic upliftment and overall development of the Scheduled Tribes…
The Biopolitics of Caste
Even after 75 years of independence, India witnesses the increasing violence unleashed by the upper caste families against the individuals for inter-caste love or marriage. The objective of this article is to critically engage with the operational aspects of Michel Foucault’s biopolitics of caste system in enforcing endogamy in the marital relationship between two individuals. Caste as a social institution governs every aspect of Dalit’s life, ra…
Politics of Education in India
Poverty and Education
Various educational policies and government initiatives at the national level in India have aimed at improving the literacy rate of the tribal communities. However, even after 73 years of independence, the literacy levels of the tribal people have not risen to the desired levels. On top, there is the issue of high dropout rates (Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Statistics Division, Government of India, 2013, Statistical Profile of Scheduled Tribes in …
Tribal Alienation and Conflict in India
The Adivasi’s movement in India was seen through the abstract glasses of a Maoist movement or a peasant revolt, thus denying and failing to explain the specificity of Adivasi’s movement for democratic rights. However, the present article is an attempt to understand the socioeconomic and political structures, which forced the tribal in India to organize themselves and fight since the 1940s for the redressal of their grievances. Among the major que…
Tribal Education
This article critically examines initiatives for greater participation in education by tribal communities in India, arguing that current policy does not effectively enough facilitate greater participation and may, in fact, go against the avowed principle of ensuring greater equity. The article relies on fieldwork-based study to support arguments for the need to be culturally sensitive in making appropriate provisions for the education of schedule…
The Persistence of Land Alienation
This article provides an overview of the policies of the colonial and post-colonial state regarding the tribal people of Andhra Pradesh. The penetration of colonial capital, the policies of the Nizam state which supported this and the resultant process of land alienation is analysed, followed by the presentation of various attempts by the post-colonial state to return tribal land by means of the Land Regulation Act, to rectify the wrongs of the p…
Tribal Education
This article critically examines initiatives for greater participation in education by tribal communities in India, arguing that current policy does not effectively enough facilitate greater participation and may, in fact, go against the avowed principle of ensuring greater equity. The article relies on fieldwork-based study to support arguments for the need to be culturally sensitive in making appropriate provisions for the education of schedule…
Tribal Alienation and Conflict in India
The Adivasi’s movement in India was seen through the abstract glasses of a Maoist movement or a peasant revolt, thus denying and failing to explain the specificity of Adivasi’s movement for democratic rights. However, the present article is an attempt to understand the socioeconomic and political structures, which forced the tribal in India to organize themselves and fight since the 1940s for the redressal of their grievances. Among the major que…
Poverty and Education
Various educational policies and government initiatives at the national level in India have aimed at improving the literacy rate of the tribal communities. However, even after 73 years of independence, the literacy levels of the tribal people have not risen to the desired levels. On top, there is the issue of high dropout rates (Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Statistics Division, Government of India, 2013, Statistical Profile of Scheduled Tribes in …
The Persistence of Land Alienation
This article provides an overview of the policies of the colonial and post-colonial state regarding the tribal people of Andhra Pradesh. The penetration of colonial capital, the policies of the Nizam state which supported this and the resultant process of land alienation is analysed, followed by the presentation of various attempts by the post-colonial state to return tribal land by means of the Land Regulation Act, to rectify the wrongs of the p…
The Persistence of Land Alienation
This article provides an overview of the policies of the colonial and post-colonial state regarding the tribal people of Andhra Pradesh. The penetration of colonial capital, the policies of the Nizam state which supported this and the resultant process of land alienation is analysed, followed by the presentation of various attempts by the post-colonial state to return tribal land by means of the Land Regulation Act, to rectify the wrongs of the p…
Tribal Education
This article critically examines initiatives for greater participation in education by tribal communities in India, arguing that current policy does not effectively enough facilitate greater participation and may, in fact, go against the avowed principle of ensuring greater equity. The article relies on fieldwork-based study to support arguments for the need to be culturally sensitive in making appropriate provisions for the education of schedule…
Tribal Alienation and Conflict in India
The Adivasi’s movement in India was seen through the abstract glasses of a Maoist movement or a peasant revolt, thus denying and failing to explain the specificity of Adivasi’s movement for democratic rights. However, the present article is an attempt to understand the socioeconomic and political structures, which forced the tribal in India to organize themselves and fight since the 1940s for the redressal of their grievances. Among the major que…
Poverty and Education
Various educational policies and government initiatives at the national level in India have aimed at improving the literacy rate of the tribal communities. However, even after 73 years of independence, the literacy levels of the tribal people have not risen to the desired levels. On top, there is the issue of high dropout rates (Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Statistics Division, Government of India, 2013, Statistical Profile of Scheduled Tribes in …
The Biopolitics of Caste
Even after 75 years of independence, India witnesses the increasing violence unleashed by the upper caste families against the individuals for inter-caste love or marriage. The objective of this article is to critically engage with the operational aspects of Michel Foucault’s biopolitics of caste system in enforcing endogamy in the marital relationship between two individuals. Caste as a social institution governs every aspect of Dalit’s life, ra…
Politics of Education in India
The Idea of Girl Children
The adverse impact of socio-economic and cultural changes on the Lambada (or Banjara) community has led to a decline in their living standards and well-being. The shift in this democratic community from the practice of bride price to dowry, along with the absence of infrastructure and welfare schemes, has resulted in the widespread trading of girl children. This article relies on a fieldwork-based study to support arguments for the need to be cul…
Role of Voluntary Organizations in Indian Democracy
The government of India has taken measures to implement various tribal development plans, involving voluntary organization. The study is about how to enhance the reach of government schemes and fill the gaps in service-deficient tribal areas in education, health, drinking water, agro-horticultural productivity, social security, etc., sectors and to provide an environment for socioeconomic upliftment and overall development of the Scheduled Tribes…
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