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100			_aJodhka, Surinder S.
245			_aComparative contexts of discrimination: Caste and untouchability in south Asia
260			_c2010
300			_ap.99-106.
362			_a27 Nov
520			_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.
650			_aBackward classes - South Asia
650			_aUntouchables - South Asia
650			_aCaste - South Asia
650			_aDiscrimination - South Asia
650			_aDiscrimination
700			_aShah, Ghanshyam
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
908			_aN
909			_a90225
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