SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION IN INDIA: A CASE FOR ECONOMIC CITIZENSHIP Barbara Harriss-White** and Aseem Prakash* I: Introduction Through the Constitution the Indian state promises equality to all its citizens. The various provisions of the Constitution elucidated in the chapters on Fundamental Rights (justiciable) and on Directive Principles of State Policies (non-justiciable) delineate the state’s obligation to provide equal opportunities to all its citizens in social‚ political and economic spheres.1
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The Malas and Madigas are different in the sense that they among the so-called Un-touchables or Dalits. But in reality there was nothing that unites the Malas and Madigas‚ according to researches done by Anthropologists. Malas and Madigas have Different Origins On the nature of Malas and Madigas‚ Anthropologist Dr. V. Ramachandra Rao analysed in the following way: “The Mahars in neighbouring Maharashtra akin to the Malas. Similar communities are found‚ the Mala- pahadiyas in Bengal and a similar
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...................................................................................... The Rights of the Disabled 25 Meera Pillai .................................................................................................. The Rights of the Dalits 39 Martin McGowan .................................................................................................. Reproductive Rights 51 N B Sarojini .............................................................................................
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ROLE OF REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES IN INDIA PROJUECT SUBMITTED TO‚ Dr. B.K MAHAKUL (FACULTY: POLITICAL SCIENCE) ANISH GHOSE ROLL NO: 14 (SOCIOLOGY‚ MAJOR) SEMESTER III HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY RAIPUR‚ C.G. CONTENTS 1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.............................................................1 2. OBJECTIVES................................................................................2 3. HYPOTHESIS.....................................................................
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Metro * Nagpur is the winter capital of the state of Maharashtra. * a fast growing metropolis and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. * With a population of 2‚405‚421[4] (2011) Nagpur Metropolitan Area is the 13th largest urban conglomeration in India. * It has recently been ranked as the cleanest city and the second greenest city of India. * In addition to being the seat of annual winter session of Maharashtra state assembly "Vidhan Sabha"‚ * Nagpur is a major
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The reform activities united people and the attack on institutions like caste which hampered social unity created a sense of oneness in the people. But most of these reform movements had certain limitations. The questions to which they gave primacy concerned only small sections of Indian society. Some of them failed to emphasize or even recognize that colonial rule was inimical to the interests of the Indian people. Most of them worked within the framework of their respective communities in a way
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Possible Identifications. Vedas: Ancient texts which contemporary Indians harp back to and take as definitive accounts. They are written in Sanskrit and are one of the oldest written texts in this language and oldest scripture of Hinduism. It was composed around 1500 BCE. The Vedas contain hymns‚ incantations‚ and spiritual knowledge and wisdom. It is not clear who exactly wrote the Vedas some assume that the Vedas were taught by the Gods to the sages and eventually written down by Indo-Aryans
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An Inquiry into the Conditions of Social Justice in India [Note: 1. This study of justice concentrates on conditions of social justice in India and will not include general issues of criminal justice; the proposal refers mainly to social justice and popular ideas of justice‚ as linked to‚ but distinct from rights. 2. This proposal is built on the insights drawn from the previous research programme on autonomy‚ and thus while this is a new proposal it is also a follow up on the earlier exercise. Similar
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PROJECT ON: CLASS HAS OVER TAKEN CASTE IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA NAME: ABHINAV KUMAR VERMA BBA LLB: 2ND SEMESTER DIV: B ROLL NO: 84 SUBJECT: SOCIOLOGY "We divided ourselves among caste‚ creed‚ culture and countries but is undivided remains most valuable: a mere smile and the love." Class has over taken caste in contemporary India Introduction Earlier in India social system of Hindus was predominantly based on the caste system which had arisen in ancient times. The caste system
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Features of Indian Society Society is group of people interacting with each other due to similarities among them as well as differences among them. Our Indian society is said to have “Unity in diversity”. Our preamble recognizes India as a Union of States only because of the vast diversity. some of the features of Indian society are as follows: Hindu way of life: Hindu religion is the indigenous religion of India. And it is said that tolerance and non-violence of Hindu way of life shape the nation
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