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According to the author, contemporary Sikh political protest occurred in the context of increasing centralisation of power in New Delhi, affecting Sikh political, economic and religious rights, and in a context of a developing clash between the theocratic tradition and the secular state. She traces the background of the Sikh demands for autonomy. States rights emphasized by the Akali Dal. Divisions among the Sikhs created by Bhindranwale's revivalism. (DÜI-Sen)

This article discusses the social and economic factors that contribute to in law dependency involving lack of independent access to food and milk is an important feature of child neglect Two case studies are presented of female children who are growing up without adequate milk, both from landless labourers households. In one of these cases the significant variable is the family's overall poverty but in the second, inter-familial conflict is of equal importance. The data gathered from a medium sized village in the southern Punjab supports the early work of Dhillon and Cowan in the central Punjab that sex related factors in child neglect are especially important in labouring households. But the data otherwise show that a child's sex does not displace level of income and property ownership as the important variables in child health.