2015 — About The Book:- Durable Inequalities in India's North-east, is the first work on contextualization of casteexclusion, migration and reservation policy. Despitethe constitutional safeguards,most of the Dalits facing violence and injustices, particularly in rural areasof India and this is also the case with India's North-east. The very important issue of having the right to reservation for certain people who are in Indian's northeast have habitually and by their nature, lived in a very backward condition. They are living in a socially isolated life and are not at all accepted in any other space of survival. These people are mostly dependent on their traditional menial works and don't have any socioeconomic and political opportunities to raise their status to come forward in outside the world. Even after getting good education in the India's North-east SC's are seen largely engaged in low grade jobs. So far the study and the Government of India Census is concerned they are the worst sufferer and facing multiple discrimination and exclusion in India's North-east since independence. About The Author:- Dr. Chunnu Prasad trained as a Social Scientist and Socio-Political Activist. Presently he is working as an Academic Officer, Academic Department, National Institute of Open Schooling, Department of Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. He authored India's Refugee Regime and Resettlement Policy; Chakma's and the Politics of Nationality in Arunachal Pradesh. His interest area is Migration, Refugees, Dalits, Triba Is, Eth nicity, Movements, Religion, Human Rights and Sexuality. He has contributed more than fifty articles in referred journals and in edited books. He worked with various Government and Non-Government Organizations viz. NATRSS, ISSR, liDS, and CPS/JNU New Delhi over a period of time. He has presented number of papers in national and international conferences/ seminars/workshops in India and abroad. He has been awarded young SocialScience participation award in collaboration with International Development Research Centre, Canada and Indian Social Science Research on the area related to social inclusion in India's Northeast. Apart from this he has visited countries like Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, Nepal etc for academic endeavor. He did his graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru College, Pasighat, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh and Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy from Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi. Content:- CONTENTS:- Preface 9 Acronyms and Abbreviations 13 List of Tables 15 1. Caste and its Legitimacy 23 2. Scheduled Castes of India: An Overview 51 3. Mapping Exclusions in North-East India: Durable Inequalities 109 4. Safeguards through Constitution: Theory to Practice 223 Appendices 259 Appendix A: In the Gauhati High Court 261 Appendix B: History of Exploitation 269 Appendix C: Rajya Sabha 273 Bibliography 283 Index 337 The Title 'Durable Inequalities : Contextualising Caste-Exclusion, Marginalisation and Reservation in India's North-East written/authored/edited by Chunnu Prasad', published in the year 2015. The ISBN 9788121213097 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 343 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is North East India. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-
