Narayan Das Scheduled Castes in Rural India

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The Indians have also become more flexible in their caste system customs. In general the urban people in India are less strict about the caste system than the rural. In cities one can see different caste people mingling with each other, while in some rural areas there is still discrimination based on castes and sometimes also on untouchability. Sometimes in villages or in the cities there are violent clashes which, are connected to caste tensions. Sometimes the high castes strike the lower castes who dare to uplift their status. Sometimes the lower caste get back on the higher castes. This book explains the social and economic position of castes of scheduled castes in rural India. The author is sure that, the researcher and the planner will be benefited by this book.