Kuchh toh Kar Lenge ‘We will manage something’: Classroom as a space of diminishing aspirations for Adivasi students

This paper is based on the experiences of students of the Santhali community in a classroom in a village in the Dumka district in the Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand. I draw attention to the aspirations of Santhali students by emphasising their everyday interactions and negotiations with the sta...

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Main Author: Parmar, Bhawna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. 2023
In: Nidān
Year: 2023, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 10-30
Further subjects:B Santhali
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