[RETRACTED: DELETED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF APC CHARGES] Beyond the Meritocratic Facade
[RETRACTED] Structural Determinants, Caste-Based Institutional Stressors and the Political Economy of Student Suicides in India’s Premier Institutions [RETRACTED]
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23509710Schlagwörter:
student suicide; caste discrimination; Article 21; duty of care; higher education; academic pressure; transformative constitutionalism.Abstract
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A. Cases
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