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Indian infanticide: its origin, progress, and supression

pustakalaya — 2009-08-16T23:35:23+02:00

John Cave-Browne W. H. Allen, London, (1857)

Unruly Immigrants: Rights, Activism, and Transnational South Asian Politics in the United States

pustakalaya — 2007-05-19T23:16:35+02:00

Monisha Das Gupta Duke University Press, Durham and London, (2006)

Little India: diaspora, time, and ethnolinguistic belonging in Hindu Mauritius

pustakalaya — 2007-05-19T23:02:16+02:00

Patrick Eisenlohr Univ. of California Press, Berkeley u.a., (2007)

Gandhi's tiger and Sita's smile: essays on gender, sexuality and culture

pustakalaya — 2006-09-19T01:15:13+02:00

Ruth Vanita Yoda Press, New Delhi, (2006)Rs. 350,00 .

Women of India: Colonial and Post-Colonial Periods

pustakalaya — 2006-09-12T14:34:34+02:00

Bharati Ray (Eds.). History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization; Vol. 9, part 3 Sage Publications, New Delhi, (2005)Rs. 1950,00 Sage India .

Social Networks and Migration: Far West Nepalese Labour Migrants in Delhi

pustakalaya — 2006-05-07T22:45:37+02:00

In Far West Nepal - an area extremely impoverished also by Nepalese standards - labour migration to India has been an integral part of the livelihood strategies of the majority of people for several generations. This research is based on case studies among male and female migrants in Delhi coming from four villages of Far West Nepal. The analysis focuses on selected aspects of the migrants' daily lives, such as working and living conditions, management of loans and savings, and remittance transfer. It was found, that the whole migration process is mainly facilitated by transnational kin and friendship networks. To grasp the geographical and social dimensions of the migrant's lives an integrative approach in joining the sustainable livelihoods approach, Bourdieu's theory of practice, the concept of social capital and the concept of transnational migration was developed. Further results show, that the majority of the migrants are male. The unskilled migrants occupy a distinct niche, in which men have been working as watchmen and car cleaners for generations. The job market is highly organized since jobs are handed over and sold within networks. If wives of migrants are in Delhi for longer periods, they engage in housekeeping. For financial needs migrants established their own informal savings and credit associations. Although migration is firstly seen as an opportunity by the migrants, it can as well perpetuate debt and dependency and entail that they remain migrants for their whole lives.

Maya: der Leidensweg einer Kinderprostituierten aus Nepal

pustakalaya — 2006-05-07T22:25:17+02:00

Das nepalesische Mädchen Maya erzählt von ihrem grauenvollen Leben zwischen Armut und Zwangsprostitution: Heirat mit zwölf. Flucht, weil ihr Mann sie schwer misshandelt. In Kathmandu gerät sie in die Fänge von Menschenhändlern und landet schließlich in einem der zahllosen Bordelle Kalkuttas. Ein erschütternder Bericht von Missbrauch, Demütigung und Tod. Maya ist kein Einzelschicksal. In Nepal werden jedes Jahr 12.000 Mädchen verschleppt und von Menschenhändlern nach Indien verkauft, minderjährig zur Prostitution gezwungen und gefoltert, manche ermordet, wenn sie nicht mehr arbeiten können. Dubiose Schlepperbanden und Arbeitsvermittler haben in den entlegenen Bergregionen dieses Landes leichtes Spiel: Die Menschen sind gutgläubig, perspektivlos und auf jede Rupie angewiesen. Vier von zehn Prostituierten in Delhi, Kalkutta und Bombay stammen aus Nepal. Keine übersteht ihr Sklavendasein unversehrt. Maya durchlitt die Hölle. Wenige Monate, nachdem sie ihre Geschichte erzählt hatte, starb sie im Alter von 25 Jahren an Aids.

Freedom and destiny: gender, family, and popular culture in India

pustakalaya — 2006-05-01T23:43:26+02:00

Patricia Uberoi Oxford University Press, New Delhi, (2006)