This book examines the structures of power and hierarchies within the agrarian political economy in India, with a focus on gender. It analyses various forms of

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"There is a great deal of controversy and debate on land acquisition and transactions concerning the economic development of India, particularly the rural parts

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Why Would I Be Married Here? examines marriage migration undertaken by rural bachelors in North India, unable to marry locally, who travel across the breadth of