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Blocked by Caste: Economic Discrimination and Social Exclusion in Modern India

Edited By

S. K.Thorat and Katherine S. Newman

Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

Post-Hindu India: A Discourse in Dalit-Bahujan, Socio-Spiritual and Scientific Revolution

Author

Kancha Ilaiah

Sage Publications, New Delhi

Rise of the Plebeians?: The Changing Face of Indian Legislative Assemblies,

Edited By

Christophe Jaffrlot and Sanjay Kumar

Routledge India, New Delhi.

Politics of Inclusion: Caste, Minorities and Affirmative Action

Author

Zoya Hasan

Oxford University Press, New Delhi.

The No Nonsense Guide to Minority Right in South Asia

Author

Rita Manchanda

Sage Publications, New Delhi

Engaging with Caste: Academic Discourses, Identity Politics and State Policy

By Surinder S. Jodhka

The working paper ‘Engaging with Caste: Academic Discourses, Identity Politics and State Policy’ discusses systematic theorisation of caste and maps the paradigm shifts through critical writings and comprehensive researches on the subject.

Comparative Contexts of Discrimination: Caste and Untouchability in South Asia

By Surinder S. Jodhka and Ghanshyam Shah This working paper “Comparative Contexts of Discrimination: Caste and Untouchability in South Asia” is based on empirical studies carried out in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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Dalits with Disabilities: The Neglected Dimension of Social Exclusion

By Gobinda C. Pal This working paper “Dalits with Disabilities: The Neglected Dimension of Social Exclusion” studies broader areas of Dalits and Disability in India and explores in-depth consequences of inter-relation between the two.
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Caste and Social Exclusion: Issues Related to Concepts, Indicators and Measurement

By Sukhadeo Thorat and Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal

This working paper “Caste and Social Exclusion: Issues Related to Concept, Indicators and Measurement” draws the linkages between social exclusion (unfavorable exclusion or unfavorable inclusion - inclusion/access with differential treatment), and high deprivation and poverty among social groups.

Events and Announcement

Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS) invites expression of interest from distinguished social scientists to prepare a position paper on Caste based discrimination in Bhutan as part of the project on “Caste Based Discrimination in South Asia”. For more details, contact sobin@dalitstudiesorg.in

Book Reviews

The Dalits in India : Search for a Common Destiny
By Sukhdeo Thorat, SAGE Publications: New Delhi, 2009.
Review by V.Venkatesan Published in Frontline

Sukhadeo Thorat’s book throws light on the gap between rhetoric and reality over Dalits’ emancipation.

ACCORDING to data obtained in 2007, about 17 per cent of Scheduled Caste persons in the country cultivate land; about 12 per cent in the rural areas and 28 per cent in the urban areas are in business, albeit small; the literacy rate among them has gone up to 57 per cent; unemployment has diminished; and the share of the S.Cs in government services has improved. More

The No Nonsense Guide to Minority Rights in South Asia
by Rita Manchanda. Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2009.

Review by Sobin George

THE book provides insights into minority questions from the standpoint of ‘non-domination’ and ‘powerlessness’ of communities in six South Asian countries, namely India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. More......

Post-Hindu India A Discourse on Dalit –Bahujan, Socio-Spiritual and Scientific Revolution
By Kancha Ilaiah, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2009

Review by Rinju Rasaily

The author critiques and compares how Hinduism as a religion did not call forth scientific and technological development unlike Christianity, Islam and Buddhism. He states that the merger of creativity, spirituality, science and technology was never allowed in the Hindu caste system. More....