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    [id] => 15471
    [paper_index] => 202504-02-020827
    [title] => THE LIVELIHOOD ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FACED BY THE GYPSY COMMUNITY WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO PALLAVARAM, CHENGALPATTU
    [description] => 
    [author] => Priyangha N , Dr. Nirmala Alex 
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    [doi] => https://doi.org/10.36713/epra20827
    [year] => 2025
    [month] => March
    [volume] => 10
    [issue] => 3
    [file] => fm/jpanel/upload/2025/April/202504-02-020827.pdf
    [abstract] => Gypsies are considered a nomadic ethnic group of people who have their own unique tradition, culture, spiritual belief, language, livelihood and practices. Gypsies in India are specifically known for their colourful clothes and accessories, energetic dance and glorious music. In this 21st century, where one part of the world is celebrating technological advancement and the other part of the world is focusing on global development, there are people who are struggling for food, clothing, shelter, and dignity. The people who have the least participation in globalization, privatization, urbanization, and global warming suffer a lot due to exploitation. Gypsies are people who had a livelihood based on forests; after many government prohibitions and because of big terms like globalization and urbanization, they have been socially excluded from society. Their normal day is extremely difficult and challenging as they go through discrimination, isolation, and social neglect on a daily basis.
Gypsies in Tamil Nadu are called Narikuravars; they have weird stories and misconceptions about them. As they have unique practices and different lifestyles, they are not included in society and are treated as outsiders by the local population. Narikuravars are micro self-entrepreneurs and skilled in handicrafts, but they are not yet recognized for their talent or hard work. They are usually generalized as sellers at red lights and sellers on local trains. They are even denoted as street beggars with infants. Gypsies have very little information about them, and their history is untold and invisible to the world. The challenges they face for their livelihood are not spoken about enough and not interpreted clearly. The discrimination they experience in public places, the exclusion they face, and their poverty should be addressed properly. Their houses without residential addresses and their socioeconomic crises need research. The aim of this research is to study the livelihood (nature of occupation) and challenges (Socioeconomic crisis) of the gypsy community in Pallavaram, bringing into the limelight as they lead a totally invisible life.

    [keywords] => Gypsies, Narikuravars, Livelihood, Social exclusion, Discrimination, Poverty and marginalization, Socioeconomic crisis.
    [doj] => 2025-04-03
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    [journal_id] => 2
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    [edit_on] => 2025-04-04 02:00:37
    [is_status] => 1
    [journalname] => EPRA International Journal of Research & Development (IJRD)
    [short_code] => IJSR
    [eissn] =>  2455-7838 (Online)
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