Caste, Discrimination, and Exclusion in Modern India
- Vani Kant Borooah - University of Ulster, UK
- Nidhi S. Sabharwal - National University of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, India
- Dilip G. Diwakar - Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi
- Vinod Kumar Mishra - Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi
- Ajaya Kumar Naik - Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi
A comprehensive assessment of the broad issues that underpin social exclusion in India
This book posits the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) vis-à-vis their upper-caste Hindu peers and establishes how caste is a lived reality in everyday life in modern India.
It explores areas where caste and religious exclusion are most visible, such as human development, inequality, poverty, educational attainments, child malnutrition, health, employment, wages, gender, and access to public goods. With an in-depth theoretical foundation and empirical analysis, it establishes that in each of these sectors, the performance of upper-caste Hindu households is far better compared to that from the SC, ST, and Muslim households.
A storehouse of reliable data on inequality.
The book provides an extensive statistical data to underline the limits of political freedom amid the continued subjugation of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Muslims and women…this book painstakingly details the extensive hurdles that stop marginalized groups from fully participating in the life of their communities.
“This book painstakingly details the extensive hurdles that stop marginalized groups from fully participating in the life of their communities.”