Caste as social capital

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Vaidyanathan, R
dc.date.accessioned	2020-07-03T14:42:18Z	-
dc.date.available	2020-07-03T14:42:18Z	-
dc.date.issued	2010-05-24
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.iimb.ac.in/handle/2074/12941	-
dc.description	DNA, 24-05-2010
dc.description.abstract	There is no need to vilify the caste system as it has helped India in various ways. Caste is back. It is likely to be part of the 2011 census. It was part of the decennial censuses between 1881 and 1931. Of the 1929 castes aggregated in the 1881 census, 1126 [58%] had population of less than 1000; 275 less than ten. A large number of them were single member castes. The British had created a social “hierarchy” on the basis of caste in that Census. The alienated metropolitan rootless wonders (AMROWs) and other assorted experts are upset since they have concluded that caste is bad. They want to be counted in the census as “Indian”. Read more at: https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-caste-as-social-capital-1387350
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.
dc.subject	Social science
dc.subject	Caste
dc.subject	Social capital
dc.title	Caste as social capital
dc.type	Magazine and Newspaper Article
dc.identifier.url	https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-caste-as-social-capital-1387350
dc.journal.name	DNA
Appears in Collections:	2010-2019

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