Abbreviations and Glossary
Preface
1. Introduction
PART I: CASTE
2. Shastra (scripture) or Shastra (power) Origin of Caste: Sociological Imaginations
3. Amartya Sen, Capability Approach and Caste
4. Inter-Caste Marriage: Pain or Gain
5. Escape from Caste Through Conversion: Is there a Way Out or a Way in?
6. Sociology of Education: Towards Inclusive Theorising
PART II: RESERVATION
7. Patel Agitation and the Rationale Behind SC/ST Reservations
8. Reservation and the Creamy Layer Principle: Solving the Puzzle
9. Creamy Layer: Jurisprudence in the Air
10. Fifty per cent Ceiling on Reservation: Can Efficiency Override Justice?
11. Questioning Excellence: Expelling 73 Students in IIT Roorkee
12. Judicial Independence or Sovereignty!
13. Reservation in Private Sector Employment: Is It Justified?
PART III: LAW, ATROCITY AND DISCRIMINATION
14. ‘Final Reports’ Under Section 498A and the SC/ST Atrocities Act
15. Lacking the Basics: The Supreme Court Judgement on Atrocities Act
16. Misconstruction of the Anti-Atrocities Act’s Misuse
17. Removing Discrimination in Universities
18. Law and Exclusion
Index
Biography
Sthabir Khora voluntarily retired from academics in 2022 to focus on grassroots social change. He was Professor and Dean of the School of Education at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. He is the author of Education and Teacher Professionalism which is a recommended reading in the syllabus of M.Ed programs of multiple universities in India.
