A study published in PNAS co-authored by Harvard Bell Fellow Aashish Gupta, PhD, and two other colleagues uses survey data on more than 20 million individuals from nine Indian states (representing approximately half of India’s total population) to estimate life expectancy differences between those from higher-castes (e.g., Hindus) and three marginalized social groups: Adivasis (indigenous peoples), Dalits (oppressed castes), and Muslims.
Politics of caste and class go under microscope in effort to combat child poverty in India
Harvard Bell Fellow Adel Daoud, PhD, and his colleague Shailen Nandy have authored a study published in Sociology of Development that sets out to systematically analyze how politics of caste, corruption, and wealth impact child poverty in India.