Invisibility of "other" dalits and silence in the law

Baudh, Sumit (2019) Invisibility of "other" dalits and silence in the law. In: Caste and Life Narratives. Primus Books, New Delhi, pp. 228-249. ISBN 978-93-5290-875-2

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Abstract

For the first time, the 2011 census of India counted a population "other" than male or female. This essay takes a cue from the census and traces the invisibility of "other" Dalits, while attempting to break the silence about them in the law through life narratives. Formerly considered "untouchable" in the deeply unequal and hierarchical caste system of India, Dalits are also known as Scheduled Castes (SC) in the legal parlance. The invisibility of "other" Dalits and the silence about them is located in an emerging legal moment in which transgender persons are compared with "untouchable" Dalits but there is no legal understanding of persons who are both transgender and Dalit.

Item Type: Book Section
Keywords: Untouchable | Scheduled Castes | Transgender | 2011 census of India | SOGIE
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Social Sciences (General)
JGU School/Centre: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Gena Veineithem
Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2022 06:00
Last Modified: 02 Apr 2022 06:00
Official URL: https://primusbooks.com/15196-2/
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/2067

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