A R Vasavi

A R Vasavi
A R Vasavi

A.R. Vasavi, a social anthropologist, is with the Punarchith (re-think) Collective and is based in Karnataka.

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In Search Of Alternative Moral Political Economies

‘Development as Swaraj’ champions the untapped potential of the idea of swaraj as a different path to progress. Showcasing one example of a cooperative khadi unit, it criticises today’s development…
▶09-Jan-2024
A R Vasavi

A Nava Karnataka as Part of ‘New India’

Karnataka’s land reforms and creative backward-caste alliances in the 1970s and 1980s broke the dominance of landed castes and spurred innovative development programmes. Today, the state is forsaking…
▶31-Jan-2022
Janaki Nair, A R Vasavi

School Differentiation in India Reinforces Social Inequalities

In promoting schooling that is differentiated by class, caste, region, religion, language and standards, the state is working against the possibility of realising a democratic and equitable society.
▶12-Apr-2019
A R Vasavi