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My Big Fat Arranged-Marriage Wedding: Part I

• April 5, 2009 • 2 Comments

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Tags: arranged marriage, bindi, Brahmin, caste, daal, food, haldi, Hindu gods, Hindu Wedding, India, Indian window, Indian women, Jatav, love marriage, Marwari, matrimonial advertisement, pagal, party, Rajasthan, sari, Scheduled Caste, thali, Times of India


Untouchable Education: a postscript

• March 21, 2009 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: caste, Dalit, India, Indian village, Sambhali, school, teaching, tiffin, uniform, untouchability


Untouchable Education, within reach

• February 20, 2009 • 1 Comment

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Tags: caste, Dalit, India, Indian village, poverty, Sambhali, school, teaching, untouchability


Maya

• January 19, 2009 • 4 Comments

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Tags: caste, Dalit, health care, India, Indian village, malaria, poverty, untouchability


Come my house?

• December 14, 2008 • 3 Comments

Posted in India
Tags: caste, chai, Dalit, Hindi dancing, hospitality, India, Indian village, Lodha, poverty, Sambhali, untouchability, Vaishya, water


A Very Short Introduction

• December 13, 2008 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: caste, Dalit, India, Indian village, NGO, Rajasthan, Sambhali, school, teaching, Thar desert, untouchability


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