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Caste, Landownership, and Its Historicity: The Redistribution Question

by rti_adminon May 23, 2025May 23, 2025Leave a Comment26

Santosh Rasve Land ownership in India is entwined with caste hierarchies, reflecting thousands of years of structural inequality and exclusion. Dalits, Adivasis, Lower OBCs, and other marginalised communities are landless or marginal landholders. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar emphasised that land is not merely an economic asset but a marker of social status and dignity. Historical and …

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Going backward

by rti_adminon March 17, 2014March 20, 20230

Surinder S. Jodhka The Jats, without doubt, have been the most important and powerful caste community in the rural landscapes of northwest India. The sources of their dominance have typically been their control over agricultural lands, their demographics and their networks beyond the village. However, unlike the other “dominant castes”, such as the Marathas …