MARGINAL COMMUNITIES: Issues and Challenges

Marginalization, a multifaceted, long-standing issue, affects numerous communities in India. Beyond Scheduled Castes, Tribes, and women, it encompasses rural poor, unorganized sector workers, sex workers, transgenders, blue-collar workers, elderly, child laborers, migrants, urban poor, slum-dwellers, disabled individuals, and religious/linguistic minorities. These groups face low social status, exploitation, discrimination, inequality, oppression, violence, rights violations, mistreatment, and deprivations. This book offers articles exploring these communities' challenges from various angles, emphasizing the need for their development for inclusive national progress.