From Stigma to Assertion
Aktor, Mikael / Deliège, Robert
When the constitution of independent India took effect in 1950 this meant a break with a more than two thousand year legacy of Untouchability - a set of discriminative practices that bound the lowest castes to low-status jobs and restricted their social mobility. For centuries large sections of Indian society had lived under the many forms of discrimination connected with this stigma. In order to compensate for the social and economic setback ...