Caste, Reservation, Atrocity Law and Discrimination

Auteur

Sthabir Khora voluntarily retired from academics in 2022 to focus on grassroots social change. He was Professor and Dean of the School of Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He is the author of Education and Teacher Professionalism which is a recommended reading in the syllabus of M.Ed programs of multiple universities in India.

Texte du rabat

This book compiles theorizations, judgements, consequences, and ramifications to present a collection of free-thinking essays around the interrelated themes of caste, reservation, atrocity law, and discrimination. It is based on the author's research experience in sociology.

Contenu

Abbreviations and Glossary

Preface

1. Introduction

PART I: CASTE

2. Shastra (scripture) or Shastra (power) Origin of Caste: Sociological Imaginations

3. Amartya Sen, Capability Approach and Caste

4. Inter-Caste Marriage: Pain or Gain

5. Escape from Caste Through Conversion: Is there a Way Out or a Way in?

6. Sociology of Education: Towards Inclusive Theorising

PART II: RESERVATION

7. Patel Agitation and the Rationale Behind SC/ST Reservations

8. Reservation and the Creamy Layer Principle: Solving the Puzzle

9. Creamy Layer: Jurisprudence in the Air

10. Fifty per cent Ceiling on Reservation: Can Efficiency Override Justice?

11. Questioning Excellence: Expelling 73 Students in IIT Roorkee

12. Judicial Independence or Sovereignty!

13. Reservation in Private Sector Employment: Is It Justified?

PART III: LAW, ATROCITY AND DISCRIMINATION

14. 'Final Reports' Under Section 498A and the SC/ST Atrocities Act

15. Lacking the Basics: The Supreme Court Judgement on Atrocities Act

16. Misconstruction of the Anti-Atrocities Act's Misuse

17. Removing Discrimination in Universities

18. Law and Exclusion

Index