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Kandhamal Massacres: Where is the State? Central Government of India must stop the killings

ACHR, Asian Centre for Human Rights - eSocialSciences - 2008

Over 50 persons, mainly Christians, have been killed since the Hindu fundamentalists launched an attack on the … Christians following the murder of four members of the VHP including 90 year old Laxmananda Saraswati by unidentified gunmen on … 23 August 2008 in Kandhamal district of Orissa. Thousands of Christians have fled their villages and some 30,000 people …

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Factors Influencing the Performance of Indian and Chinese Software Firms

Nollen, Stanley; Siddharthan, N.S. - eSocialSciences - 2008

This paper analyses the determinants of growth and profit behaviour of the Chinese and Indian IT Software firms. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170200

Culture and Fertility Transition in India

Krishnan, Pramila - eSocialSciences - 2007

Examines the evidence for various explantions usually offered for the differences infertility behaviour across regions …

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From Theory to Practice: Translating Research into Health Outcomes

Medicine, PLoS - eSocialSciences - 2008

Commenting on recent research articles which look at the potential health benefits of behaviour change, the PLoS … Medicine Editors say that publication of the findings of such research is only one part of the behaviour-change process. …

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Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China

Miquel, Gerard Padro-i-; Qian, Nancy; Yao, Yang - eSocialSciences - 2013

This study examines how the economic effects of elections in rural China depend on voter heterogeneity, for which religious fractionalization is taken as a proxy. [BREAD Working No. 366]. URL:[http://ipl.econ.duke.edu/bread/papers/working/366.pdf].

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Social Cleavages, Multiculturalism and Emerging Space for State in India under Globalisation Regime

Mishra, Sarojini; Palai, Nirod; Das, Kumar - eSocialSciences - 2006

This paper focuses on social cleavages based on class , caste,religion and ethnicity in India. It examines the …

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Costs of Basic Services in Kerala, 2007, Education, Health, Childbirth and Finance (Loans)

Rajan, S. Irudaya; KC, Zachariah - eSocialSciences - 2009

The focus of this study is to analyze the pattern and costs of services in four areas, which critically affect most households in Kerala . The major concerns of this paper include answers to questions such as: How much did Kerala households spend for education of their children, for treatment of...

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Book Review: Visualizing Children: Images and Imagination

Lerner, Loren - eSocialSciences - 2008

Review of Erika Langmuir Imagining Childhood. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. 256 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $55.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-10131-7.

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Book Review: Search for Identities: Dalits and Tribal Christians in India

Sanghavi, Hemali - eSocialSciences - 2011

Review of: Margins of Faith: Dalit and Tribal Christianity in India, Edited by Rowena Robinson & Joseph Marianus Kunjur; Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2010, 295 pages, Rs.695/

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Detection and Forecasting of Islamic Calendar Effects in Time Series Data: Revisited

Rao, Nasir Hamid; Bukhari, Syed Kalim Hyder; Jalil, Abdul - eSocialSciences - 2011

This paper is an attempt to revisit the pioneering work of Riazuddin and Khan (2002). A complete business cycle has been elapsed (2002-2010) since their study, so there is need to review the results with additional information. This revisited attempt, based on a theoretically specified...

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