TY - BOOK AU - Dasgupta, Abhijit, editor. AU - Kattakayam, Jacob John, Series editor TI - On the margins : : tribes, castes and other social categories T2 - Studies in Indian Sociology, Volume 4 SN - 9788132116240 U1 - 305.800 DAS PY - 2012/// CY - New Delhi, India PB - : SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd. KW - Ethnic and social groups in India KW - Backward classes -- India N2 - This edited volume contains 11 essays examining different forms of marginalization in Indian society. The contributors discuss the experiences of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, women, workers, refugees, minorities, and persons with disabilities. The essays explore how these groups have faced social exclusion and discrimination, while also highlighting their efforts to mobilize, protest, and claim social and political rights. The book provides a sociological perspective on inequality, identity, and social justice in contemporary India ER -