Essays about: "social events in india"

Found 5 essays containing the words social events in india.

  1. 1. Bengaluru burning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Mahima Moolbharati; [2023]
    Keywords : heatwave vulnerability; sustainability science; critical urban theory; neoliberalism; gentrification; postcolonialism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate-changed induced extreme events like heatwaves have become increasingly critical issues in urban India. Rapidly growing cities are vulnerable to adverse effects of heatwaves exacerbated by inequalities embedded in urbanisation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Citizens as Censors : Understanding the Limits of Free Speech in India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Henriette Tjäder; [2016]
    Keywords : Freedom of speech; India; social movements; censorship;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to provide an understanding of the phenomenon of citizen censorship in India and its implications for free speech. It is especially concerned with public protests where groups of citizens demand government action in order to ban or censor controversial material. READ MORE

  4. 3. Transformation of urban lake governance in Bangalore, India : A comparison of civic initiatives

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Flor Luna; [2014]
    Keywords : urban social-ecological systems; Bangalore; cross-scale governance;

    Abstract : Urban lakes connected though channels across the city of Bangalore generate multiple ecosystem services including flood control, groundwater recharge, and water use for local livelihoods as well as recreation. However, on-going lake restorations often focus on recreation while excluding other users such as the urban poor, and fail to take into account lake connectivity and ecological function. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Kabir Project. Bangalore and Mumbai (India)

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Itziar Ancín; [2013]
    Keywords : Kabir Project; arts for peace building; folk music; oral traditions; poetry; Gujarat 2002; identity; Kabir festival Mumbai; Bangalore; India;

    Abstract : The Kabir Project (K.P.) was born in Bangalore, India, in 2002, after the Gujarat pogrom, which occurred in the same year. READ MORE

  6. 5. Repetitive Stability of Indian Muslim Identity - An Account from the Majority/Minority Nexus

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ted Svensson; [2005]
    Keywords : India; Muslim identity; communalism; majoritarianism; minorityism; state categorisation; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Muslims constitute the largest religious minority in contemporary India. During the last two decades the Hindu Right, with its notion of India as an essentially Hindu nation, has imposed grave external pressure on the Muslim population, both in terms of security and self-identification. READ MORE