The Paniyas, an Ex-slave Tribe of South IndiaStudy on the social life of the Paniya tribe in Wayanad, Kerala. |
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... workers , the agent gets a commission which was about Rs . 3 a month in 1937-38 . The Kankani system has been ... Paniya labourers who were occasionally recruited for plantations were also unreliable . The following case illustrates some of ...
... workers , the agent gets a commission which was about Rs . 3 a month in 1937-38 . The Kankani system has been ... Paniya labourers who were occasionally recruited for plantations were also unreliable . The following case illustrates some of ...
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... Paniya workers . As they are the persons who stack the sheaves , they usually see that more grain drops down . But ... Paniya plantation workers were five annas ( Rs . 0.31 ) in 1935 and for work on rice farms four annas ( Rs . 0.25 ) ...
... Paniya workers . As they are the persons who stack the sheaves , they usually see that more grain drops down . But ... Paniya plantation workers were five annas ( Rs . 0.31 ) in 1935 and for work on rice farms four annas ( Rs . 0.25 ) ...
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... workers for it are available in plenty for makes the obvious choice to the disadvantage of the Paniyas . Most of the ... Paniya men , 10 Paniya women . In another near - by estate with only coffee , only 2 Paniya men are regularly ...
... workers for it are available in plenty for makes the obvious choice to the disadvantage of the Paniyas . Most of the ... Paniya men , 10 Paniya women . In another near - by estate with only coffee , only 2 Paniya men are regularly ...
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