01356pab a2200193 454500008004000000100002400040245008300064260000900147300001400156362001100170520078900181650003400970650003001004650002301034650003201057650001901089700002001108773003401128180718b2010   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aJodhka, Surinder S.  aComparative contexts of discrimination: Caste and untouchability in south Asia  c2010  ap.99-106.  a27 Nov  aBased on empirical studies carried out in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka during 2007-08, this paper offers a brief introduction to the prevailing dalit situation in the four countries and identifies specific problems of social inequality, discrimination and deprivation of groups in these countries. The four studies clearly bring out the fact that even when the meaning of untouchability and its sources (religion or tradition) varies across south Asia, as also its forms (from physical touch and residential segregation to taboos and restrictions on inter-dining), physical movement and pursuing occupations of one's choice, its effects on those placed at the bottom are quite similar, i.e., economic deprivation, social exclusion and a life of humiliation. - Reproduced.  aBackward classes - South Asia  aUntouchables - South Asia  aCaste - South Asia  aDiscrimination - South Asia  aDiscrimination  aShah, Ghanshyam  aEconomic and Political Weekly