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// Karnataka
Karnataka’s headline literacy is among India’s higher state figures, but the average hides a sharp urban–rural and north–south gap. Districts in the state’s northern interior report literacy and secondary-school retention…
The Siddis of Karnataka’s coast and forests trace descent to East African communities brought to the subcontinent over several centuries, some as traders and sailors, others under the slave trade…
The Malnad — the wet, forested hill country of Karnataka’s Western Ghats — supports livelihoods organised around areca and spice plantations, coffee smallholdings and the collection of forest produce. The…