The people of India have a complex population genetic history, which is further complicated by a deeply rooted caste system that has effectively prohibited inter-caste marriage for several generations and thus divided the population into numerous endogamous groups8. Recent findings of the Indian Genom...
These have a total population of 111 million people, which is 8 percent of India's 1.3 billion. 8 To many general-caste Hindus, emptying their family's latrine pit would be unthinkable; to may low-caste Dalits, increasingly hoping for social equality, the stigma is no longer worth the ...
Social media interactions invariably include trolling, where disruptive or annoying comments are made online, and gender trolling is one aspect of trolling. Gender trolling in India has turned ugly, with mischievous and offensive tweets transforming into threats. However, far too little research has ex...
By the year 2050, India is expected to be home to the largest population of children in the world—an estimated 350 million. That’s nearly the entire population of the United States, but all under the age of 18. This projection, from UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children 202...
Scholars like Marx and Malthus, often labelled as ideologues, contributed frameworks that shaped global discourse on inequality, population, labour, and social justice. To erase them from academic memory is not just selective—it’s intellectually dishonest. Their inclusion wasn’t about promoting ...
Theasuras/rākṣasashave been identified with native tribal peoples of South India and Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese Buddhists and even the aboriginal population of Australia (Goldman,1986: 49). Pollock (1991) adds cannibals, primitive cave-dwellers, animal-like shamans, tribal masked dancers, Indian...
The unrelated control population represents (1) different geographical regions (North, South, East); (2) different social hierarchies (Upper Caste, Lower Caste and Tribe) and (3) Different linguistic groups (Indo-Aryan, Dravidian speakers). 87 samples were from south Indian region from the ...
Factors influencing uptake of diabetes health screening: a mixed methods study in {Asian} population. BMC Public Health. 2022;22:1511. 49. Muthuramalingam MR, Muraleedharan VR. Patterns in the prevalence and wealth-based inequality of cervical cancer screening in India. BMC Womens Health. 2023...
Once the state was divided into SCRs, the 10 districts were allocated across the SCRs proportional to population so that larger SCRs had more sampled districts. The stratification ensured that the study was representative across all major SCRs in the country. Once the number of districts was ...
In fact, it is also possible that the OBCs could number around 40% of Indian population. In some regions, the backward castes are landed communities and influential but have little presence in government jobs. Caste-wise population and their percentage in India As per ancient system, except Bra...