Taking Sides: Reservation Quotas and Minority Rights in India

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1. MAPPING THE TERRAIN Exclusive Demands Lie of the Land Levelling the Field Inescapable Paradox Compelling Manthan Vicdmhood and Agency Inclusive Compact 2. INCLUDING THE EXCLUDED The Present Imbroglio Colonial Origins Depressed and Backward Early Initiatives Paternalizing the Excluded Divide and Rule Enumerated Communities Crystallizing Caste Homogenizing Religion Constructed Majority Defensive Minority Patriarchal Society Compartmental Society Exclusion and Response Bahujan Legacy Liberation Ideology Self-respect and Self-rule Rebellious Prophets Republican India In Quest of justice Colonial Templates Occidental Origins Oriental Complementarities A Regime of Rights Multiple, Divergent Discourses Fundamental Rights, Basic Needs Constitutional Quest 4. UNDERSTANDING JUSTICE Just Ends through Just Means Fourfold Context Justice as Personal Virtue Justice as Equitable Exchange Justice as Fair Distribution Justice as Social Structure Justice as Capability The Just Society 5. EQUALITY FOR ALL, JUSTICE FOR EACH Polarizing Polemic Ambiguities and Tensions A Common Civil Code Identity Trumps Justice Convergence, not Uniformity Tokenism and Reality Mathura`s Story Too Much? Too Little? Multiple Hierarchies, Unequal Patriarchies Roop Kanwar`s Sati Gendered Citizenship Beyond the Stalemate A SECOND FREEDOM STRUGGLE Anomalies and Contradictions Democratic Inclusion Egalitarian Participation Integrative Politics Demography as Destiny Breaking the Impasse New Horizons