India’s Dalits (Untouchables) are 1/6th of the population. Compared to other minorities and despite constitutional prohibitions on discrimination on grounds of caste, they continue to encounter exclusion and violence, esp. based on religious beliefs. Annapurna Waughray argues castes should be conceptualized as sui generis entities and that institutions should reconsider “minority” paradigms and castes’ roles in them.
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