The two fundamental axes of social inequality in India are caste and gender.
A major challenge to religious discrimination was the bhakti movement.
Gandhi and Ambedkar conducted their own heroic struggle against caste discrimination.
Constitutional provisions regarding affirmative action, reservation for women in local bodies.
Recent Event:
Tragic suicide of Rohith Vemula.
Way ahead:
However, gender discrimination persists in the domain of family and personal law. India desperately needs a gender-sensitive common civil code.
Indians need to press the managements of the country’s temples, mosques, churches and gurdwaras towards less discriminatory practices, so that women can enter and worship in any part of a shrine.
A major challenge to religious discrimination was the bhakti movement.
Gandhi and Ambedkar conducted their own heroic struggle against caste discrimination.
Constitutional provisions regarding affirmative action, reservation for women in local bodies.
Recent Event:
Tragic suicide of Rohith Vemula.
Way ahead:
However, gender discrimination persists in the domain of family and personal law. India desperately needs a gender-sensitive common civil code.
Indians need to press the managements of the country’s temples, mosques, churches and gurdwaras towards less discriminatory practices, so that women can enter and worship in any part of a shrine.
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