Abstract: The transformation of the urban and rural landscapes within the last few decades has increasingly been dominated by the demands of capitalist utilisation. Political Ecology and Production of Space theory argues that Capitalism relies specific kind of ‘produced space…
Abstract: With greater awareness about human rights, the status of women in the society has been in focus for some decades now. National and international summits have been held to discuss the issues pertaining to women. Committees were set…
Abstract: The paper aims to explore the self in different performative spaces, which includes theatre, dance, music, and posters. In doing so it tends to analyze how the “spaces” are being refilled by defining the “hidden narratives” of the self…
Abstract: Nehru’s policy for shifting agricultural base to heavy industry had its toll on economic backbone of the country. Though agricultural production rose four times in last sixty years, but its share in GDP reduced from 67% to 17%. Vision…
Abstract: Part I of this paper deals with the persistent ideology of extraction and unlimited growth, even in the face of international finance crisis and admitted global warming. This contradiction can ultimately be only pushed through by militarisation, as we…
Abstract: Bina Agarwal in A Field of One’s Own (1994) offers a pithy observation regarding the historical and contemporary importance of a specific form of group right in land, namely, usufruct right in village common lands and in forests and…
Abstract: Surprisingly, as all we know that the subject of women’s participation in politics (during pre-independence India) entered in the orb of historical research in recent days. And it is quite significant that there are only some studies have been…
Abstract: An analysis of a deep-rooted political movement requires a clear understanding of the traditional socio-economic and political conditions of the country that moulded it. It is particularly true of Kerala, the socio- economic life of which had remained largely…
Abstract: The paper aims at profiling the bold and unapologetic women leaders of the Indian freedom struggle with respect to Kerala. It discusses the head on first activities led by women who were born to lead the freedom struggle movement…
Abstract: When we talk of sustainability- one factor to note is what we perceive as the natural environment and natural resources and how we use them. Secondly how do we sustain human welfare and improvements in human capability consonant with…
Abstract: The Self Help Group (SHG) Prerna (loosely translated to mean inspiration) led by Mahadevi Kudal is a group of 5 physically handicapped women in the Panmagrul village of Akalkot Taluka in Maharashtra. Panmagrul is a village with a population…
Abstract: The story that I am going to narrate is that of an ordinary woman who lived and died in a small village a thousand kilometres away from the bustling city of Mumbai. 2 It speaks of the struggles of…
