Gaurang R Sahay
Biographic Data
| ID | 3686664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gaurang R Sahay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gaurang R |
| FAMILY NAME | Sahay |
| SIGNATURE | SAHAY G R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Agriculture and New Farm Laws in India
The insistent push towards privatisation of the agrarian sector is epitomised in the now repealed farm laws, and field data from thirteen Bhojpuri villages in Bihar, reveals that they would have further weakened the vulnerable position of marginal and small farmers. These laws would have enabled private traders and the corporate sector to manipulate the agriculture market in their favour. This article states that the new farm laws, rather than br…
Substantially Present but Invisible, Excluded and Marginalised
This article is an engagement with the socio-cultural, economic and political life-world of a Scheduled Caste, namely the Musahars, in light of official records and field data collected from four villages in Bihar. Against the background of Brahminical, colonial and post-colonial understandings of Musahars, the article presents an ethnographic account of Musahars by reflecting on their life cycle, culture and educational, health, political and ec…
Life and Works of Dattatreya Narayan Dhanagare
Rebel Health Services in South Asia
This is the first paper comparing Indian and Nepali Maoist rebels providing health services and health promotion to the communities under their influence. The paper presents the key provisions either made by rebel health workers themselves or by putting political pressure on government health workers to deliver better services in the areas controlled by rebels. The paper is based on a mixed-method approach comprising 15 interviews and a questionn…
Dominance of Jats is unabated
This article is an engagement with the issues of caste and dominance in the light of field data collected from five villages of western Uttar Pradesh. Against the background of some empirical and conceptual studies, the article presents an analysis, in terms of caste, of the ownership of land and agricultural assets, occupational and educational achievement and khap-based solidarity. The analysis shows that the resources available in the villages…
Major caste matters
M.N. Srinivas described rural India as characterised by the presence of locally influential 'dominant castes'. This article is an empirical engagement with the concept of 'dominant caste' in the context of electoral politics in a district of Bihar. An analysis of the patterns of caste interactions in this region shows that there is no settled 'dominant caste'. Numerical as well as economic and political strength is shared between several castes. …
Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation
Hierarchy, difference and the caste system
This article seeks to contribute to the conceptual understanding of caste in the light of field data collected from four villages of Bihar. Against the background of two major theoretical positions, the 'hierarchy' thesis and the 'difference'thesis, the article confirms the empirical validity of the 'difference' thesis by demonstrating that castes in these villages have their own ideologies, revealed mainly in diverse and discrete origin tales th…
Caste and Agrarian Economic Structure - A Study of Rural Bihar
Dans cet article, l'A. se penche sur la validite de la notion de caste en economie rurale. Par une analyse empirique de quatre villages de la region du Bihâr, l'A. constate l'inadequation de la notion et du systeme de castes par rapport aux moyens de productions capitalistes existant dans l'agriculture et notamment avec la modernisation apportee par le machinisme
Dominance of Jats is unabated
This article is an engagement with the issues of caste and dominance in the light of field data collected from five villages of western Uttar Pradesh. Against the background of some empirical and conceptual studies, the article presents an analysis, in terms of caste, of the ownership of land and agricultural assets, occupational and educational achievement and khap-based solidarity. The analysis shows that the resources available in the villages…
Hierarchy, difference and the caste system
This article seeks to contribute to the conceptual understanding of caste in the light of field data collected from four villages of Bihar. Against the background of two major theoretical positions, the 'hierarchy' thesis and the 'difference'thesis, the article confirms the empirical validity of the 'difference' thesis by demonstrating that castes in these villages have their own ideologies, revealed mainly in diverse and discrete origin tales th…
Substantially Present but Invisible, Excluded and Marginalised
This article is an engagement with the socio-cultural, economic and political life-world of a Scheduled Caste, namely the Musahars, in light of official records and field data collected from four villages in Bihar. Against the background of Brahminical, colonial and post-colonial understandings of Musahars, the article presents an ethnographic account of Musahars by reflecting on their life cycle, culture and educational, health, political and ec…
Major caste matters
M.N. Srinivas described rural India as characterised by the presence of locally influential 'dominant castes'. This article is an empirical engagement with the concept of 'dominant caste' in the context of electoral politics in a district of Bihar. An analysis of the patterns of caste interactions in this region shows that there is no settled 'dominant caste'. Numerical as well as economic and political strength is shared between several castes. …
Rebel Health Services in South Asia
This is the first paper comparing Indian and Nepali Maoist rebels providing health services and health promotion to the communities under their influence. The paper presents the key provisions either made by rebel health workers themselves or by putting political pressure on government health workers to deliver better services in the areas controlled by rebels. The paper is based on a mixed-method approach comprising 15 interviews and a questionn…
Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation
Caste and Agrarian Economic Structure - A Study of Rural Bihar
Dans cet article, l'A. se penche sur la validite de la notion de caste en economie rurale. Par une analyse empirique de quatre villages de la region du Bihâr, l'A. constate l'inadequation de la notion et du systeme de castes par rapport aux moyens de productions capitalistes existant dans l'agriculture et notamment avec la modernisation apportee par le machinisme
Caste and Agrarian Economic Structure - A Study of Rural Bihar
Dans cet article, l'A. se penche sur la validite de la notion de caste en economie rurale. Par une analyse empirique de quatre villages de la region du Bihâr, l'A. constate l'inadequation de la notion et du systeme de castes par rapport aux moyens de productions capitalistes existant dans l'agriculture et notamment avec la modernisation apportee par le machinisme
Traditional Institutions and Cultural Practices vis-à-vis Agrarian Mobilisation
Hierarchy, difference and the caste system
This article seeks to contribute to the conceptual understanding of caste in the light of field data collected from four villages of Bihar. Against the background of two major theoretical positions, the 'hierarchy' thesis and the 'difference'thesis, the article confirms the empirical validity of the 'difference' thesis by demonstrating that castes in these villages have their own ideologies, revealed mainly in diverse and discrete origin tales th…
Major caste matters
M.N. Srinivas described rural India as characterised by the presence of locally influential 'dominant castes'. This article is an empirical engagement with the concept of 'dominant caste' in the context of electoral politics in a district of Bihar. An analysis of the patterns of caste interactions in this region shows that there is no settled 'dominant caste'. Numerical as well as economic and political strength is shared between several castes. …
Dominance of Jats is unabated
This article is an engagement with the issues of caste and dominance in the light of field data collected from five villages of western Uttar Pradesh. Against the background of some empirical and conceptual studies, the article presents an analysis, in terms of caste, of the ownership of land and agricultural assets, occupational and educational achievement and khap-based solidarity. The analysis shows that the resources available in the villages…
Rebel Health Services in South Asia
This is the first paper comparing Indian and Nepali Maoist rebels providing health services and health promotion to the communities under their influence. The paper presents the key provisions either made by rebel health workers themselves or by putting political pressure on government health workers to deliver better services in the areas controlled by rebels. The paper is based on a mixed-method approach comprising 15 interviews and a questionn…
Life and Works of Dattatreya Narayan Dhanagare
Substantially Present but Invisible, Excluded and Marginalised
This article is an engagement with the socio-cultural, economic and political life-world of a Scheduled Caste, namely the Musahars, in light of official records and field data collected from four villages in Bihar. Against the background of Brahminical, colonial and post-colonial understandings of Musahars, the article presents an ethnographic account of Musahars by reflecting on their life cycle, culture and educational, health, political and ec…
Agriculture and New Farm Laws in India
The insistent push towards privatisation of the agrarian sector is epitomised in the now repealed farm laws, and field data from thirteen Bhojpuri villages in Bihar, reveals that they would have further weakened the vulnerable position of marginal and small farmers. These laws would have enabled private traders and the corporate sector to manipulate the agriculture market in their favour. This article states that the new farm laws, rather than br…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Caste (5 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works)