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The latest title from Tulika, A New Statistical Domain in India: An Enquiry into Village Panchayat Databases is a collaboration between an academic in Japan and one in India, and one of the happy outcomes is that the cover is refreshingly different from the usual Tulika covers.
A new statistical domain has emerged in rural India as a consequence of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992, a domain based on the needs and constitutional functions of the gram ...
Caste is an institution of oppression and social discrimination specific to South Asia, more so to India. Central to the caste system were the status assigned to the Dalit people and the criminal practice of untouchability. Caste is embedded in production relations. It is an impediment to the growth of the productive forces, and a bulwark against the revolutionary overthrow of the ruling classes.
Although there have been, in recent years, new scholarship and new ...