Reimagining Ageing and Later-Life Care: The Perspectives of Childfree Adults in Urban India
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DOI: 10.1007/s12115-025-01065-0
Abstract: “Who will take care of you when you are old?” Childfree people in India often hear this response when they share their decision to forgo parenthood. Stemming from deeply rooted cultural values, the rhetorical question… read more here.
Keywords: later life; urban india; childfree adults; care ... See more keywords
A distributional analysis of the gender wage gap among technical degree and diploma holders in urban India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2020.102322
Abstract: Abstract Using Indian employment data obtained from the National Sample Survey, 2011−12, we investigate whether, in urban India, there is a wage gap between men and women workers with similar technical education (degrees or diplomas)… read more here.
Keywords: gender; urban india; wage; holders urban ... See more keywords
Public understandings of E-waste and its disposal in urban India: From a review towards a conceptual framework
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.10.218
Abstract: Abstract Responsible management of electronic waste (E-waste) is a major apprehension in contemporary urban India. As a toxic waste stream, E-waste calls for conscientious management practices in order to avoid possible human health and environmental… read more here.
Keywords: conceptual framework; waste; review; urban india ... See more keywords
Passengers’ perceptions of safety in paratransit in the context of three-wheeled electric rickshaws in urban India
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2019.104591
Abstract: Abstract The electric rickshaw is a battery-powered three-wheeled paratransit that has gained popularity in urban India due to its flexible service and affordability. It is an environment-friendly and energy-efficient paratransit mode of transport. However, there… read more here.
Keywords: electric rickshaws; paratransit; safety; urban india ... See more keywords
Changes in take-home aerated soft drink purchases in urban India after the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST): An interrupted time series analysis
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100794
Abstract: Objectives Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) are increasingly being implemented as public health interventions to limit the consumption of sugar and reduce associated health risks. In July 2017, India imposed a new tax rate on… read more here.
Keywords: take home; implementation; urban india; gst ... See more keywords
Enterprise Hindutva and social media in urban India
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DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2018.1545007
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper delineates ‘enterprise Hindutva’ as a mediatized form of Hindu nationalism shaped largely by the affordances of social media and the cultural practices surrounding them in urban India. Enterprise Hindutva is argumentative, experientially… read more here.
Keywords: social media; enterprise hindutva; india enterprise; urban india ... See more keywords
Computer and mobile phone waste in urban India: an analysis from the perspectives of public perception, consumption and disposal behaviour
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2018.1429254
Abstract: Sustainable management of Electronic waste (E-waste) is a major challenge for contemporary India, an emerging economy burdened with both the domestic generation and illegal import of E-waste. Considering the ever-increasing complexities of E-waste in Indian… read more here.
Keywords: waste urban; waste; urban india; consumption ... See more keywords
‘Too Unattached’: Literary Representations of Singleness and Gendered Aloneness in Urban India
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DOI: 10.1080/10357823.2025.2479495
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article explores representations of singlehood in two short fiction texts set in Indian urban spaces – namely, Jayant Kaikini’s ‘City without Mirrors’ and Anita Desai’s ‘The Rooftop Dwellers’. The rising number of single… read more here.
Keywords: india; urban india; literary representations; singleness gendered ... See more keywords
The Influences of Stigma on Sexuality among Sexual and Gender Minoritized Individuals in Urban India
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DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2019.1625994
Abstract: Abstract Indian sexual and gender minoritized (SGM) individuals face marginalization and discrimination. Objectives: This study examines stigma’s effects on sexuality among SGM individuals in urban India. Methods: We conducted 5 focus group discussions and 27… read more here.
Keywords: individuals urban; urban india; sexuality among; sexuality ... See more keywords
“If not work, then what?”: work, ambition, and satisfaction among young women in urban India
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DOI: 10.1080/19472498.2024.2346866
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper explores aspirations among the youth in India by seeing connections to two themes – ambition and satisfaction. While aspirations can call on a range of values, what is it that drives people… read more here.
Keywords: satisfaction; young women; ambition satisfaction; urban india ... See more keywords
Disability, Anonymous Love, and Interworldly Socials in Urban India
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DOI: 10.1086/704942
Abstract: This essay considers disability studies scholars’ investment in “the social” as a site of rehabilitation, recuperation, and cure in order to argue that in urban India, the case is otherwise: the public often engages with… read more here.
Keywords: disability anonymous; love interworldly; disability; anonymous love ... See more keywords