Kasi Eswarappa
Biographic Data
| ID | 335222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kasi Eswarappa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kasi |
| FAMILY NAME | Eswarappa |
| SIGNATURE | ESWARAPPA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indira Gandhi National Tribal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9743-4574 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
State of Tribal Education in West Bengal
The state has initiated several programmes to improve the literacy levels of the tribal people of India. Various state governments have also implemented different schemes and programmes to improve the literacy levels of tribes in their states. Another pertinent issue for tribal people is a vast gender gap in the literacy achievement levels between men and women and boys and girls. It is due to the prevailing state of societal apparatus, economic …
Beyond the Veil of Death
The Irula, a Dravidian ethnic group, reside in the Nilgiri Mountains of the Western Ghats, spread across Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India. It is the fifth-largest tribe in Kerala. Each tribe has unique cultural practices and beliefs; the Irulas are no exception. The Irulas observe distinct rituals during crucial life events, particularly death ceremonies. Death, marking the cessation of an organism's independent existence and its return to a nonlivin…
Continuity and Change of Folklore among Irulas of Kerala
This article focuses on an interpretive approach to interpret the lyrics of Irulas of Attapadi, Kerala, India. India is a country that has a rich diversity of culture and folklore. Folklore occupied a pivotal place in the life and culture of people in India. Most of the tribal communities have their folk forms and songs. The knowledge and life experiences related to nature, myth, history, morals, rituals, taboos, etc, are conveyed through these s…
The Complexity of the 'Tribal' Question in India
India is home to a large number of tribal or Adivasi communities. Particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) are one among them. The Indian state initiated several development programs in its affirmative action to benefit PVTGs. However, these initiatives have shown some effects on the ground, still a long way to go. After globalization, a lot of studies claim and argue that the state is slowly withdrawing from its agenda and encouraging multi…
Impact of Informal Online Learning on the Lives of Tribal Women
Technology has a significant impact on our daily lives. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, we were not adequately aware of the use of technology, either in academia or otherwise. After the pandemic, we have been forced to depend on technology for everything. Tribal women in India are deprived of their social, economic, and political rights. Hence, they are in rampant state of poverty and do not have minimum needs to survive. This prevents them from en…
Quotidian Beliefs and Practices in Maternal and Child Health Care
The present paper explores the cultural context of maternal and child health (MCH) care practices and beliefs of Irula tribes. It identifies the factors and analyses the pattern of their domiciliary deliveries and neonatal care among Irula, which is one of the PVTGs (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups) in Tamil Nadu. The paper adopted a descriptive research design based on the pilot survey and ethnographic fieldwork. It examines the health car…
Mapping Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as alternatives to capitalist development
Livelihoods of Vulnerable People
Vulnerable people (VP) lack in access to resources, development benefits, such as education, health, infrastructure and basic means of livelihoods. They are considered disadvantaged in comparison to other groups in relation to access to resources and other entitlements. VP, such as women, person with disability, people living with HIV/AIDS, sexual minorities, poor migrants, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes often face numerous discrimination.…
Gender Inequalities in the Japanese Workplace and Employment
Pushed to the Margins
Lack of awareness, lack of availability of non-farm activities, lack of nutritional facilities, inadequate health infrastructure, restricted movement to forest areas, and reliance on herbal medicines are some of the worst conditions that the indigenous population had to face worldwide, during the pandemic. Around 10.45 crore (10.45 million) indigenous population that resides in India are at stake because of economic inequality and social stigma. …
Ancestor Worship
Community-based Organizations (CBOs) and Their Role in the Development of Women
In a development forum, there is a great need to look at the ground realities of organizations, especially in the context of the post-globalization scenario. Thereby comes the notion of ‘community’ from the donor’s point of view. The donors’ participation in the daily activities of the people, especially women, to make them earn their means of livelihoods poses questions which are of prime importance to have an academic engagement theoretically, …
Ancestor Worship
Livelihoods, Poverty and Development of Adivasis
The terms ‘livelihoods’, ‘poverty’ and ‘development’ have different meanings in different societies and people. Development implies a better quality of life and enahancement of opportunities, and better access to assets and services to marginal communities: particularly the Adivasis, women and other marginalized communities. Developing its theoretical framework around the existing literature on the issues, this article argues that prevailing fact…
The modern anthropology of India
The modern anthropology of India: ethnography, themes and theory." Contemporary South Asia, 25(2), pp. 212–213
Lift Irrigation Schemes in Andhra Pradesh
Despite efforts by the Indian state to develop and maintain various irrigation strategies, many projects have not achieved the desired results, often due to systemic problems inherent in these initiatives. Meanwhile, the growing scarcity of water in South Asia propels new thinking about remedies. Based on detailed fieldwork, this article, which seems at first completely unrelated to matters of caste discrimination, assesses the sustainability of …
Globalization and People at the Margins
Research on development discourses are generally normative, engaging, and seek to make a difference. This research focuses on the dispossessed, the marginal, the excluded and the empowerment of the voiceless. In this regard, development researchers often seek to contribute to a world free of social injustice and unequal power relations and their research is generally more interdisciplinary than most other disciplines. In India, globalization has …
Marginal Communities in Drought-prone Regions
In the last few years a participatory watershed program is being implemented in the state of Andhra Pradesh. At present, the Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Project (APRLP) seeks to scale up the ongoing watershed program activities in the state by providing support in the areas of capacity building, livelihood support, and the provision of other schemes and services to the persons and organizations involved. This article is the outcome of the wr…
Role of Sericulturists in the Development of a Village
Sericulture has become one of the important means of livelihood for the majority of the farmers in South India, especially in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Karnataka, known as the ‘Silk Bowl of India’, occupies the top spot in producing mulberry silk in the country. Andhra Pradesh comes second in mulberry silk production in the country. Both these states have fiercely competed in mulberry silk production, which is a good sign for the sericulturis…
Role of Women in Sericulture and Community Development
In any discourse on sociology and anthropology, one fact that clearly emerges is that women can generally be trusted to perform their duties with utmost care and attention. This is more so in the case of agriculture and allied activities. No wonder women are playing a very important role in the sericulture industry. Their qualities like maternal instincts and loving care of those under their charge prove to be very helpful in the successful breed…
Conceptual and Methodological Issues of Poverty and Vulnerability
There is a great need to understand, analyse and critically apprise conceptual and methodological issues of poverty and vulnerability and its underlying relevance in the today’s fast changing rural/urban spaces of south India. To pursue this academic and epistemological endeavour, we tried to use the existing literature largely and later tried to relate it to our own regional case for argument and discussion. This has given us a scope to look at …
Inclusion of Sugali community in the development process
Social exclusion is something that can happen to anyone, more so in the case of hierarchical societies of South Asian countries. But some people are significantly more at risk than others, due to its persistent nature of locational and environmental per se. Research has found that people with certain backgrounds and experiences are disproportionately likely to suffer social exclusion. The key risk factors include: low income, family conflict, bei…
Developmental Initiatives and Sericulture in a South Indian Village
This article demonstrates that certain developmental initiatives have been playing an important role in the socio-economic progress of rural masses in South India and typically involve a number of focused projects. Development of sericulture is shown as a key strategy for supporting backward regions. With particular reference to Kotha Indlu village of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh, this article explains the increased returns from sericultur…
Poverty and Development in a Marginal Community
The concepts of poverty and development have many meanings in contemporary globalized societies. Development by definition implies desired changes in terms of livelihood, improved quality of life and better access to assets and services, etc. However in reality development programmes sometimes have negative consequences, perhaps unintended, multiplying the acute scarcity of resources and opportunities, or reproducing poverty. Also, the consequenc…
Role of NGO in the Development of Sugalis
Role of Non-government Organisations (NGOs) in the development process in the third world countries like India is very crucial, especially in the 21st Century. They have a greater role to play in the lives and livelihoods of the tribal and backward communities of India today. An attempt has been made in this paper to see the role of an NGO in the development of a Sugali settlement. It is also attempted to understand how the information and suppor…
Poverty and Development in a Marginal Community
The concepts of poverty and development have many meanings in contemporary globalized societies. Development by definition implies desired changes in terms of livelihood, improved quality of life and better access to assets and services, etc. However in reality development programmes sometimes have negative consequences, perhaps unintended, multiplying the acute scarcity of resources and opportunities, or reproducing poverty. Also, the consequenc…
Pushed to the Margins
Lack of awareness, lack of availability of non-farm activities, lack of nutritional facilities, inadequate health infrastructure, restricted movement to forest areas, and reliance on herbal medicines are some of the worst conditions that the indigenous population had to face worldwide, during the pandemic. Around 10.45 crore (10.45 million) indigenous population that resides in India are at stake because of economic inequality and social stigma. …
The modern anthropology of India
The modern anthropology of India: ethnography, themes and theory." Contemporary South Asia, 25(2), pp. 212–213
Lift Irrigation Schemes in Andhra Pradesh
Despite efforts by the Indian state to develop and maintain various irrigation strategies, many projects have not achieved the desired results, often due to systemic problems inherent in these initiatives. Meanwhile, the growing scarcity of water in South Asia propels new thinking about remedies. Based on detailed fieldwork, this article, which seems at first completely unrelated to matters of caste discrimination, assesses the sustainability of …
Livelihoods, Poverty and Development of Adivasis
The terms ‘livelihoods’, ‘poverty’ and ‘development’ have different meanings in different societies and people. Development implies a better quality of life and enahancement of opportunities, and better access to assets and services to marginal communities: particularly the Adivasis, women and other marginalized communities. Developing its theoretical framework around the existing literature on the issues, this article argues that prevailing fact…
Marginal Communities in Drought-prone Regions
In the last few years a participatory watershed program is being implemented in the state of Andhra Pradesh. At present, the Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Project (APRLP) seeks to scale up the ongoing watershed program activities in the state by providing support in the areas of capacity building, livelihood support, and the provision of other schemes and services to the persons and organizations involved. This article is the outcome of the wr…
Developmental Initiatives and Sericulture in a South Indian Village
This article demonstrates that certain developmental initiatives have been playing an important role in the socio-economic progress of rural masses in South India and typically involve a number of focused projects. Development of sericulture is shown as a key strategy for supporting backward regions. With particular reference to Kotha Indlu village of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh, this article explains the increased returns from sericultur…
Role of NGO in the Development of Sugalis
Role of Non-government Organisations (NGOs) in the development process in the third world countries like India is very crucial, especially in the 21st Century. They have a greater role to play in the lives and livelihoods of the tribal and backward communities of India today. An attempt has been made in this paper to see the role of an NGO in the development of a Sugali settlement. It is also attempted to understand how the information and suppor…
Quotidian Beliefs and Practices in Maternal and Child Health Care
The present paper explores the cultural context of maternal and child health (MCH) care practices and beliefs of Irula tribes. It identifies the factors and analyses the pattern of their domiciliary deliveries and neonatal care among Irula, which is one of the PVTGs (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups) in Tamil Nadu. The paper adopted a descriptive research design based on the pilot survey and ethnographic fieldwork. It examines the health car…
Mapping Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as alternatives to capitalist development
Role of NGO in the Development of Sugalis
Role of Non-government Organisations (NGOs) in the development process in the third world countries like India is very crucial, especially in the 21st Century. They have a greater role to play in the lives and livelihoods of the tribal and backward communities of India today. An attempt has been made in this paper to see the role of an NGO in the development of a Sugali settlement. It is also attempted to understand how the information and suppor…
Developmental Initiatives and Sericulture in a South Indian Village
This article demonstrates that certain developmental initiatives have been playing an important role in the socio-economic progress of rural masses in South India and typically involve a number of focused projects. Development of sericulture is shown as a key strategy for supporting backward regions. With particular reference to Kotha Indlu village of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh, this article explains the increased returns from sericultur…
Poverty and Development in a Marginal Community
The concepts of poverty and development have many meanings in contemporary globalized societies. Development by definition implies desired changes in terms of livelihood, improved quality of life and better access to assets and services, etc. However in reality development programmes sometimes have negative consequences, perhaps unintended, multiplying the acute scarcity of resources and opportunities, or reproducing poverty. Also, the consequenc…
Inclusion of Sugali community in the development process
Social exclusion is something that can happen to anyone, more so in the case of hierarchical societies of South Asian countries. But some people are significantly more at risk than others, due to its persistent nature of locational and environmental per se. Research has found that people with certain backgrounds and experiences are disproportionately likely to suffer social exclusion. The key risk factors include: low income, family conflict, bei…
Role of Sericulturists in the Development of a Village
Sericulture has become one of the important means of livelihood for the majority of the farmers in South India, especially in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Karnataka, known as the ‘Silk Bowl of India’, occupies the top spot in producing mulberry silk in the country. Andhra Pradesh comes second in mulberry silk production in the country. Both these states have fiercely competed in mulberry silk production, which is a good sign for the sericulturis…
Role of Women in Sericulture and Community Development
In any discourse on sociology and anthropology, one fact that clearly emerges is that women can generally be trusted to perform their duties with utmost care and attention. This is more so in the case of agriculture and allied activities. No wonder women are playing a very important role in the sericulture industry. Their qualities like maternal instincts and loving care of those under their charge prove to be very helpful in the successful breed…
Conceptual and Methodological Issues of Poverty and Vulnerability
There is a great need to understand, analyse and critically apprise conceptual and methodological issues of poverty and vulnerability and its underlying relevance in the today’s fast changing rural/urban spaces of south India. To pursue this academic and epistemological endeavour, we tried to use the existing literature largely and later tried to relate it to our own regional case for argument and discussion. This has given us a scope to look at …
Globalization and People at the Margins
Research on development discourses are generally normative, engaging, and seek to make a difference. This research focuses on the dispossessed, the marginal, the excluded and the empowerment of the voiceless. In this regard, development researchers often seek to contribute to a world free of social injustice and unequal power relations and their research is generally more interdisciplinary than most other disciplines. In India, globalization has …
Marginal Communities in Drought-prone Regions
In the last few years a participatory watershed program is being implemented in the state of Andhra Pradesh. At present, the Andhra Pradesh Rural Livelihoods Project (APRLP) seeks to scale up the ongoing watershed program activities in the state by providing support in the areas of capacity building, livelihood support, and the provision of other schemes and services to the persons and organizations involved. This article is the outcome of the wr…
Lift Irrigation Schemes in Andhra Pradesh
Despite efforts by the Indian state to develop and maintain various irrigation strategies, many projects have not achieved the desired results, often due to systemic problems inherent in these initiatives. Meanwhile, the growing scarcity of water in South Asia propels new thinking about remedies. Based on detailed fieldwork, this article, which seems at first completely unrelated to matters of caste discrimination, assesses the sustainability of …
Livelihoods, Poverty and Development of Adivasis
The terms ‘livelihoods’, ‘poverty’ and ‘development’ have different meanings in different societies and people. Development implies a better quality of life and enahancement of opportunities, and better access to assets and services to marginal communities: particularly the Adivasis, women and other marginalized communities. Developing its theoretical framework around the existing literature on the issues, this article argues that prevailing fact…
The modern anthropology of India
The modern anthropology of India: ethnography, themes and theory." Contemporary South Asia, 25(2), pp. 212–213
Ancestor Worship
Ancestor Worship
Community-based Organizations (CBOs) and Their Role in the Development of Women
In a development forum, there is a great need to look at the ground realities of organizations, especially in the context of the post-globalization scenario. Thereby comes the notion of ‘community’ from the donor’s point of view. The donors’ participation in the daily activities of the people, especially women, to make them earn their means of livelihoods poses questions which are of prime importance to have an academic engagement theoretically, …
Livelihoods of Vulnerable People
Vulnerable people (VP) lack in access to resources, development benefits, such as education, health, infrastructure and basic means of livelihoods. They are considered disadvantaged in comparison to other groups in relation to access to resources and other entitlements. VP, such as women, person with disability, people living with HIV/AIDS, sexual minorities, poor migrants, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes often face numerous discrimination.…
Gender Inequalities in the Japanese Workplace and Employment
Pushed to the Margins
Lack of awareness, lack of availability of non-farm activities, lack of nutritional facilities, inadequate health infrastructure, restricted movement to forest areas, and reliance on herbal medicines are some of the worst conditions that the indigenous population had to face worldwide, during the pandemic. Around 10.45 crore (10.45 million) indigenous population that resides in India are at stake because of economic inequality and social stigma. …
Quotidian Beliefs and Practices in Maternal and Child Health Care
The present paper explores the cultural context of maternal and child health (MCH) care practices and beliefs of Irula tribes. It identifies the factors and analyses the pattern of their domiciliary deliveries and neonatal care among Irula, which is one of the PVTGs (Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups) in Tamil Nadu. The paper adopted a descriptive research design based on the pilot survey and ethnographic fieldwork. It examines the health car…
Mapping Self-Help Groups (SHGs) as alternatives to capitalist development
Impact of Informal Online Learning on the Lives of Tribal Women
Technology has a significant impact on our daily lives. Before the COVID-19 outbreak, we were not adequately aware of the use of technology, either in academia or otherwise. After the pandemic, we have been forced to depend on technology for everything. Tribal women in India are deprived of their social, economic, and political rights. Hence, they are in rampant state of poverty and do not have minimum needs to survive. This prevents them from en…
Continuity and Change of Folklore among Irulas of Kerala
This article focuses on an interpretive approach to interpret the lyrics of Irulas of Attapadi, Kerala, India. India is a country that has a rich diversity of culture and folklore. Folklore occupied a pivotal place in the life and culture of people in India. Most of the tribal communities have their folk forms and songs. The knowledge and life experiences related to nature, myth, history, morals, rituals, taboos, etc, are conveyed through these s…
The Complexity of the 'Tribal' Question in India
India is home to a large number of tribal or Adivasi communities. Particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) are one among them. The Indian state initiated several development programs in its affirmative action to benefit PVTGs. However, these initiatives have shown some effects on the ground, still a long way to go. After globalization, a lot of studies claim and argue that the state is slowly withdrawing from its agenda and encouraging multi…
State of Tribal Education in West Bengal
The state has initiated several programmes to improve the literacy levels of the tribal people of India. Various state governments have also implemented different schemes and programmes to improve the literacy levels of tribes in their states. Another pertinent issue for tribal people is a vast gender gap in the literacy achievement levels between men and women and boys and girls. It is due to the prevailing state of societal apparatus, economic …
Beyond the Veil of Death
The Irula, a Dravidian ethnic group, reside in the Nilgiri Mountains of the Western Ghats, spread across Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India. It is the fifth-largest tribe in Kerala. Each tribe has unique cultural practices and beliefs; the Irulas are no exception. The Irulas observe distinct rituals during crucial life events, particularly death ceremonies. Death, marking the cessation of an organism's independent existence and its return to a nonlivin…
Geography (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Economic growth (16 works) · Economics (15 works) · Political science (15 works) · Agriculture (11 works) · Livelihood (11 works) · Socioeconomics (11 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (9 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (9 works)