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Development (2007) 50, 122–126. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100366

In the Crucible: When development, poverty and fundamentalism combine

Bina Srinivasan

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Abstract

Bina Srinivasan looks at the many contradictions that unfold on the lives of women, specially on the Dalit, adivasi and economically vulnerable communities of women, as they employ strategies of survival in a world that increasingly seeks to push them into the margins.

Keywords:

Gujarat, culture, gender, women's rights, Dalit women, identity