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100	1		_aRamaswami, Shankar, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSouls in the Kalyug : _bthe politics and cosmologies of migrant workers in contemporary India / _cShankar Ramaswami.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2412
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _c[2025]
264		4	_c©2025
300			_a293 p.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"The economic development process in India is one that has induced new difficulties and hardships into the lives of poor and working people despite its alleged achievements. In villages, farming families confront an agrarian crisis, with rising costs of seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides, low prices for crops in the face of grave indebtedness, and ecological damage to the soil, water, and forests. Due to the scarcity of jobs, many migrate to cities for work. Once in the city, migrants take on and must contend with low-paid, insecure, and hazardous work. And in urban neighborhoods, they deal with congested living conditions, poor qualities of air, water, and sanitation, and separation from their families in the village. Souls in the Kalyug introduces readers to migrant workers who are confronting myriad hardships, and asks how it is that these workers create lives that can become less injurious than their circumstances might suggest. Anthropologist Shankar Ramaswami proposes a three part answer. In a metal factory in Delhi, migrant workers engage in resistance and collective struggle against perceived oppression and injustice. In the city and village, they weave tight connections to one another, building friendships in empathetic closeness and fellowship. In the metaphysical realm, they attempt to resist soul-distorting processes in our present, decivilizing times, or the Kalyug. Through these activities, migrant workers strive towards, and at times realize, elements of a good life. Souls in the Kalyug ultimately presents a nuanced and intimate portrait of migrant workers through a complex study of entanglement and noncooperation in workers' worlds, and in its analysis of workers' politics, within and outside of hierarchical labor unions, interpersonal relationships, and foundational religious and cosmological worldviews"--Publisher's description.
650		0	_aMigrant labor _zIndia _xSocial conditions _y21st century.
650		0	_aMigrant labor _xReligious life _zIndia.
650		0	_aFoundries _zIndia _zDelhi _xQuality control.
650		0	_aFoundry workers _zIndia _zDelhi _xSocial conditions _y21st century.
650		0	_aQuality of life _zIndia.
650		0	_aCosmovision _zIndia.
651		0	_aIndia _xSocial conditions _y21st century.
651		0	_aIndia _xEconomic conditions _y21st century _xRegional disparities.
655		7	_aEthnographies. _2lcgft
856			_yhttps://www.amazon.com/Souls-Kalyug-Politics-Cosmologies-Contemporary/dp/1512826642
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