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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 Lan…ka 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.
Verlag: Alfa Pub, 2011
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Contents Preface 1 Introduction to minority 2 Model minority 3 Ethnicity and race 4 Majority 5 Reservation in minority 6 The Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 7 Minority rights and social stratification 8 The Wakf Act 1995 9 National Commission for Minorities Act 1995 10 The scheduled castes and The Scheduled Tribes Act 1989 1…1 Extract form the constitution of India IndexA minority is a sociological group that does not constitute a political dominant voting majority of the total population of a given society A sociological minority is not necessarily a numerical minority it may include any group that is subnormal with respect to a dominant group in terms of social status education employment wealth and political power To avoid confusion some writers prefer the terms ?subordinate group? and ?dominant group? rather than ?minority? and ?majority? respectivelyThe term Minority Rights embodies two separate concepts first normal individual rights as applied to members of racial ethnic class religious linguistic or sexual minorities and second collective rights accorded to minority groups The term may also apply simply to individual rights of anyone who is not part of a majority decision 284 pp.
