01425pab a2200229 454500 180718b2010 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Jodhka, Surinder S. Comparative contexts of discrimination: Caste and untouchability in south Asia 2010 p.99-106. 27 Nov Based 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. Backward classes - South Asia Untouchables - South Asia Caste - South Asia Discrimination - South Asia Discrimination Shah, Ghanshyam Economic and Political Weekly N 90225 90225 90225 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 45, Issue no: 48 AR90685 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR