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The drought-prone Nanded district of Marathwada happens to be one of the least developed regions of Maharashtra where farmers’ suicide has been a continued phenomenon for a considerable period of time. By using qualitative research methods in an explorative framework, the present paper tries to find out the various barriers to accessing different livelihood sources by the widows of those farmers who had committed suicide in the recent past. Significantly, these widows of the farmers have not only taken up farming, the vocation of their late husbands who themselves could not survive in situations of agrarian crisis but also are negotiating with the wider patriarchal social systems, state, and market forces.

Keywords: agrarian society, farmer’s suicide, barriers, livelihood sources, and widow farmers.

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Jadhav, B. (2022). Exploring Barriers to Assess the Livelihood Sources of Widow Farmers, Indian Journal of Anthropological Research, 1: 1, pp. 1-14.

The paper discusses the changing trend of livelihood strategy of the Melachari tribe in a tiny coral island called Chetlat off the western coast of the Indian Peninsula in the Arabian Sea. This island is within the Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Minicoy. Given the island’s extremely limited resources and high density (2255 people per square kilometer), the objective of this research is to highlight the strategies used by the islanders for subsistence and to better understand the livelihood mechanism at two different points of time. The paper also draws attention to the common property resources of their traditional matrilineal family institution called tharvads of the Melachari people and the role of the developmental activities of the Government while analysing their changing livelihood strategy.

Keywords: tharvads, Melachari, patterns of livelihood, common property resources, migration.

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Khatua, N. (2022). Changing Patterns of Livelihood of the Melachari Tribe, Chetlat Island, Lakshadweep Union Territory, Indian Journal of Anthropological Research, 1: 1, pp. 15-30.

The tribal population has a wide archive of traditional knowledge reflected in their everyday situation. Traditional means “Paramparagata” in Odia. Traditional healthcare practices are the sum total of the knowledge, skill, and practices based on the beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement, or treatment of physical and mental illness (WHO 2013). This traditional knowledge is passed down across generations through oral traditions, processes, and practices. The livelihood and the healthcare practices of the tribal population in any particular place are often influenced by the environment and ecology they live in. This paper is an attempt to study the traditional healthcare practices in the tribal culture and their influence on Covid cure among the tribal population in Odisha. The study also explores different traditional healthcare practices that are in vogue among the tribal population in the study area.

Keywords: tribal, traditional healthcare practices, tribal culture, indigenous knowledge.

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Sanyal, S., Roy, K., & Prakash, S. (2022). Traditional Healthcare Practices and its Influence in Covid Care: A Study of Jaleswar Tribal Block under Balasore District, Odisha, Indian Journal of Anthropological Research, 1: 1, pp. 31-42.

The Association of demography in health began when the health component was introduced in life tables which allowed calculation of life expectancy. Demographic and epidemiological transitions provide a platform for describing historical experiences on the secular declines in mortality and fertility and associated changes in patterns of disease and causes of deaths from the 1950s to the present day in developed countries. Demographic transition is the secular shift in fertility and mortality from high and sharply fluctuating levels to low and relatively stable ones. Omran (1971) has proposed an epidemiological transition model to explain the relationship between changes in patterns of health and disease and their demographic, economic, sociologic determinants and consequences. By using available evidence, the association of demography with communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) can be analysed in terms of urbanisation, migration and socio-economic status. Urbanisation, migration and socio-economic status influence the spread of communicable diseases, whereas, in the case of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), these variables influence their prevalence and mortality.

Keywords: communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases, epidemiology, migration, socio-economic status, urbanisation.

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Venkatramana, P., Latheef, S., & Sah, M. (2022). The Role of Demography in Human Diseases, Indian Journal of Anthropological Research, 1: 1, pp. 43-53.

Vinay Kumar Srivastava was an acclaimed professor of Anthropology who had spent most of his teaching career at the University of Delhi. At the time of his death, he was serving as the Director, Anthropological Survey of India. This article is not a memoir, as I am not merely tracing his career as an anthropologist or writing about his achievements, rather, working on the lines of memory ethnography, this article emphasises his life and works, spanning over two decades, as I had known him through my association and interactions. The article is a humble attempt to pen down and share my recollections, memories, and teachings that I have accumulated over the years with Professor Srivastava as a teacher, mentor, senior colleague, and father figure who had always encouraged me with his silent but steady support. At times, my writing would seem more like an auto-ethnographic account, however, my work reflects on Professor Srivastava’s life, not mine.

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Zaman, R. (2022). Anthropology an Accidental Encounter: An Insight into Vinay Kumar Srivastava’s Journey as an Anthropologist, Indian Journal of Anthropological Research, 1: 1, pp. 55-65.