Untouchability and Caste System - Hardcover

Untouchability and Caste System

Contents Preface 1 Introduction to Untouchability 2 Reservation in India 3 Dhangar Scheduled Tribes 4 Caste System in India 5 Dalits in society 6 Jewish People and culture 7 Mandal commission 8 Forward class OBC and SCsSTs 9 Scheduled Tribes in India 10 Religious Violence in India 11 Human Rights watch 12 Caste System in Sri Lanka 13 Caste-Related Violence in India 14 Untouchability alive in India IndexUntouchability is alive in the countryside though fear of law and rising Dalit assertion seem to have curbed its crude manifestations These are findings of a survey conducted to study the impact of Protection of civil Rights Act untouchability commissioned by Union social justice ministry Villages the den of this decadent practice are far from being zero-untouchability zones as found in various parts of IndiaIndia has a hierarchical caste system in the society Within Indian culture whether in the north or the south Hindu or Muslim urban or village virtually all thinkgs people and groups of people are ranked according to various essential qualities If one is attuned to the theme of hierarchy in India one can discern it everywhere Although India is a political democracy in daily life there is little advocacy of or adherence to notions of equality Jacket 276 pp. Artikel-Nr. 85815

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