
Should Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians be given SC status?
Parley by The Hindu
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Caste and Untouchability in the Indian Subcontinent
There is enough literature to suggest that caste might not have been a theological hierarchy I mean that was associated with a particular theology but that it could be something that is civilizational. The basis can be that these are religious minorities those basically got converted into these religions in the hope of getting into a egalitarian emancipatory framework and which is very true. But when it comes to constitutional allotment of Sajukha's reservation that cannot be a basis. So even this point of caste and untouchability cannot be even raised there it could be nothing sort of blasphemous. Now finding a civilizational anecdote in this whole discussion is basically a travesty of the whole discourse.
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