Selvin Raj

Caste in India: A thorn in the flesh!

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Produktbeschreibung

A strange phenomenon in India the world can not understand is the discrimination of a section of people in India on the basis of their birth. Birth in a family determines a person's caste. On the basis of one's caste a person is viewed high and low in comparison with others. It operates as a system in which every Indian is caught up. Even an educated person finds difficult to get out of caste system. Because Caste is in the minds of the people. It divides people and keeps them unequal. The inequality among the people also supported by Hindu sacred scriptures. The most affected people are the Dalits or the untouchables. Even in Christianity the Dalits are discriminated. Their struggle for human dignity and respect is a battle that never ends. The only hope for the Dalits is the constitutional provisions that safeguard their rights to be human with dignity and respect. Yet,the present Indian Government with its Hindutva ideology continuously targets the Dalits and keeps them under subjugation. However, the Dalits' uprisal in India is a move towards a greater realisation of democracy that should include all those who are excluded and discriminated in the past!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 52
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 96g
• ISBN-13: 9786139461813
• ISBN-10: 6139461812
• Artikelnr.: 55509474

Autorenporträt

Gnana Selvin Raj SJ est un chercheur jésuite au département d'anthropologie de l'université de Madras, en Inde. Il a plus de 20 ans d'expérience de travail avec les Dalits et les Tribus en Inde. Il est un animateur de jeunesse efficace dans l'Andhra et a été conseiller national de la All India Catholic University Federation (AICUF) de 2010 à 2013.