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Article History

Received: 29 July 2025

Accepted: 22 January 2026

First Online: 2 February 2026

Declarations

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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Departmental Research Committee, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultural Studies, Manipal University Jaipur (27 July 2024; Ref. No. DOLLCS/NOV/24/1). The study met the ICMR–NIRRH Ethics Committee SOP exemption criteria (SOP/10/V1.0, Sect. 7.1) and was assessed as involving less than minimal risk; therefore, ethical approval was waived.

: Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation. Participation was voluntary, and responses were collected and reported anonymously to ensure confidentiality.

: All participants were informed that their responses would be used for academic reporting and publication only in anonymized form. No personally identifying information was collected or disclosed, and data were anonymized prior to analysis and dissemination. Participants consented to the publication of aggregated and anonymized data.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.