On contemporary political, social, economic and cultural issues of Dalits in India.

INTRODUCTION DALITS IN INDIA: THE SCENARIO SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND ISSUES IN EMPOWERMENT OF DALITS SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF DALITS MAJOR ANALYSIS—DALIT UPLIFTMENT – SUGGESTIONS STEPS AND MEASURES FOR DALIT UPLIFMENT Index

A serious lacuna of post-independence Indian government has been its failure to comprehensively undertake constitution-mandated radical measures essential to bring economic freedom, educational equality at all levels, social dignity and true equality of opportunities to the dalits, which term is used in this book to refer to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes including those of religious minorities.

this book 's key focus is exclusively on development concern of marginalised groups and socially excluded communities. It explores different aspects of social exclusion and discrimination of the historically marginalised social groups, much as the scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and religious minorities in india. It disseminates empirical findings of the ongoing research and conceptual development on issues pertaining to the historical perspective, forms and nature of social exclusion and discrimination.