Articles by Prashant Bansode

There is an urgent need to issue a policy resolution to ensure the social security and safety of sugar cane migrant labourers in the light of Covid-19 crisis. A failure to do so would lead to an absurd situation for the state, sugar industry, farmers and, more so, for the migrant labour.

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Stigmatisation and Exclusion of Tribal ‘Kumari Matas’ in Yavatmal

Vol. 53, Issue No. 4, 27 Jan, 2018

Prashant Bansode

The issue of Kumari Matas (tribal unwed mothers) in Yavatmal testifies to the sexual exploitation of tribal women by non-tribal men and subsequent stigmatisation and exclusion within village society and tribal community. The Government of Maharashtra, which has only lately acknowledged the issue and is unable to move beyond the paradigm of patriarchal morality, lags far behind Kerala in adopting a serious, sensitive and pragmatic approach to adopting preventive and rehabilitative measures for Kumari Matas.

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Caste Conflict in Maharashtra

Vol. 52, Issue No. 49, 09 Dec, 2017

Prashant Bansode

The demand by Marathas to repeal the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, as voiced strongly in the recent Maratha agitations, is critically analysed.

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