Indian Minorities

Description

The book offers a comprehensive examination of Indian minorities through four thematic sections. It investigates how religious, linguistic, Dalit, tribal, gender, sexual, and intersectional identities shape power relations and inclusion in India. The first section analyzes Muslim women’s politicisation, Bengali migrant marginalisation, Muslim political mobilisation in West Bengal, and the middleman minority theory applied to Mumbai Jains. The second section traces colonial roots of minority categorisation, revisits the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, and explores faith and language as political instruments. The third section focuses on Dalit experiences, including caste‑based atrocities, Dalit women’s triple marginalisation, and literary portrayals of untouchability. The final section addresses tribal issues, examining tribal art preservation, the Banjara community’s structural exclusion, and broader themes of power, identity, and marginalisation. Together, the chapters illuminate how constitutional safeguards, historical legacies, and contemporary socio‑political dynamics intersect to produce exclusion, identity negotiation, and contested inclusion for diverse minority groups in India.