Minorities in Indian Social system,(Volume –I)

The path breaking book Minorities in Indian Social System is multi-layered comprehensive analysis characterized by profound scholarship of the perennial theme-place and role of minorities in Indian federal set up. Right from the momentous debates in the constituent Assembly with historical echoes going back to the British raj till 2005-the intervening period of 58 years has witnessed legal, economic, political and cultural policies being so shaped that minorities of all hues and colours can live as equal and honourable citizens of the Indian Republic. No means achievement by any long shot when one looks around the world. Minorities form an integral part of Indian social system and can be dispassionately studied and dissected from multiple standpoints. Minorities of different types do acquire an independent and autonomous profile of their own due to their distinct uniqueness. It pivots around demography, culture, religion, ethnicity and language. This book is an attempt to study the five different religious minorities in Indian social system. The book also studies the sociology and the politics of minorities groups in India.