India
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Reading agrarian transformation through literature: moral economy, political economy, and caste in 1950s Punjab in Gurdial Singh’s Marhi da Deeva
Gaurav Bansal has published this article in the journal Sikh Formations. Abstract: This article examines the socio-economic transformations of 1950s rural Punjab through Gurdial Singh’s seminal novel Marhi da Deeva (1964). By putting moral economy framework in conversation with political economy, this essay reveals how the gradual transition from semi-feudal relations to capitalist tendencies had fundamentally reshaped…
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Agrarianising the forest fire crisis: rethinking forest fires from grassroots in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
Kapil Yadav (CASAS’ member) has published this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: This study re-examines the role of fire in the Uttarakhand Himalaya through political ecology and critical agrarian studies. It emphasises the importance of understanding fire regimes in relation to ongoing agrarian change. Drawing on fieldwork conducted with rural communities, the…
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Living with Fire: Relational Approach to Fire in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
Kapil Yadav, CASAS’ member, has published an article in International Journal of the Commons. Abstract: Changing fire regimes amidst the planetary ecological crisis demand a rethinking of human-fire relationships. This rethinking has led to growing calls for moving away from anti-fire strategies and recognising the necessity of living with fire. Focusing on the Uttarakhand Himalaya,…
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The poverty debate in Kerala: Why eradication is never the end of the story
CR Yadu, CASAS’ member, has published this article in The News Minute. Abstract: A positive outcome of the current debate on poverty is that it has moved beyond academic discussions and into the realm of public political engagement. The discourse needs to move past individual deprivation and engage with the deeper inequalities in the distribution…