01125nam a22001337a 4500 533992 533992 260730b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Singh, Anuradha Singh, Rana Abhayendra, and Gupta, Pratik 62223 Burning inequality, caste, cremation labour, and occupational health among the Dom community of Varanasi Social Science in Perspective 18(2), Apr-Jun, 2026: p. 157-168 This paper examines the structural relationship between caste, occupation, and health by focusing on the Dom community engaged in cremation labour in Varanasi District. Uttar Pradesh. Although cremation work occupies a central place within Hindu ritual life and religious economy, the Dom community remains socially marginalized and disproportionately exposed to service occupational health risks. The paper argues that the health vulnerabilities of Dom cremation works must be understood not as individual misfortune or occupational accident but as structurally produced outcomes of caste based labour assignment. – Reproduced Social Science in Perspective AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 409176 IIPA IIPA 2026-07-30 18(2), Apr-Jun, 2026: p. 157-168 AR139432 2026-07-30 AR