Issues and Experiences: Kamaiya System, Kanara Andolan, and Tharus in BardiyaBonded labor system, a revolt by squatters claiming their rights over land, and Tharu an ethnic group in Bardiya District, Nepal. |
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action research activities agricultural labourers Badghar Badka Laxmana Bansgadi Bardiya district bataiya Bhaisarnya bigha Birta bondage bonded labourers Bukrahi Kamaiya Chapter Chaudhary context cultivated Damauli Dang Dangaura Tharus debt Deshaura Tharus Deudhakala Development dispossession economic Ek Saro Kamaiyas ethnic groups exploitative family members female members festival forest ghardhuriya Gulariya gurba Haraiya high caste households India INSEC intervention Jhapa jimindars jirayat Kailali Kakaura Kamaiya system kamalahari Kanara Andolan Kanara Mul Samitee Kathmandu Khaireni Khel Kisan Sangh labour obligations Land Reform Land Reform Program landless landlords literacy loans Maghi male members migration Motipur Nepal Nepalese Nepali Congress NGOs non-Tharu peasant movements poor peasants practice of Begaari Regmi relationship resettled Kamaiyas rich peasants rituals role saunki settled sharecroppers six villages social SPACE squatters structure study area sukumbasis tenancy rights tenants Terai Tharu community Tharu family Tharu society three VDCs traditional unequal unpaid labour wage labourers women