A striking feature of economic development in India is that a major part of the country’s nonagricultural workforce and significant numbers of seasonal workers in agr

Scrutiny and control of women's sexuality and women's reproductive role by the state are well recognized in the history of societies [Sarkar 1993]. Tribal wars over possession of women were rooted in the struggle for survival of the tribe itself.

The relationship between society and nature is an old one. It might be better to say that this relationship is ancient.