Communities on the Margin

Saiyed Nadeemul Hasnain is a social scientist with a broad range of interests. He is formerly Professor of social anthropology at Lucknow University, India, Fulbright ‘Scholar in Residence’ and Visiting Professor in US and Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Social Science Research.

Part I: Scheduled Tribes : The First Citizens of India 1. Scheduled Tribes and their India 2. Existence, Entitlements, and Exclusion: Major Problems 3. Constitution, Legal Measures and their Implementation 4. Mass Movements in Tribal Areas: Types and Bases of Tribal Movements 5. The World of Tribes: Some Other Aspects Part II: The World of Caste System 6. Scheduled Castes : Aspects of Exclusion and Oppression 7. Scheduled Castes, Indian State, and the Constitution 8. Dalit Consciousness, Dalit Assertion, Dalit Politics, and Dalit Movement 9. Some Other facets 10. Other Backward Classes: Another Aspect of Caste System 11. Constitution and the Role of Indian state 12. Mobilization for Empowerment: Backward Classes Movement and Related Issues Part III: Minority Communities 13. Status of Linguistic Minorities 14. Religion and the Status of Religious Minorities15. Muslims: Some other Facets 16. Queer as Sexual Minorities