Published in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 36, Issue No. 30, 28 Jul, 2001
While strongly opposing the move by certain dalit activists and groups to raise the issue of caste discrimination in the WCAR scheduled later this year, the Indian government insists that caste and race are two dissimilar and anomalous entities. But successive constitutional insertions, legislative amendments and even judicial pronouncements show the case to be otherwise - in several instances, caste discrimination is indeed seen at par with race.
For more: http://www.epw.in/journal/2001/30/commentary/un-conference-against-racism.html
While strongly opposing the move by certain dalit activists and groups to raise the issue of caste discrimination in the WCAR scheduled later this year, the Indian government insists that caste and race are two dissimilar and anomalous entities. But successive constitutional insertions, legislative amendments and even judicial pronouncements show the case to be otherwise - in several instances, caste discrimination is indeed seen at par with race.
For more: http://www.epw.in/journal/2001/30/commentary/un-conference-against-racism.html
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