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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aRam Manohar Lohia
245			_aCASTE SYSTEM
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260			_aNew Delhi _bAakar Books _c2024
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500			_aThis book contains selected essays of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia on caste system that provide an overview of his thoughts on caste and his ideas on the abolition of caste system. Lohia has not only analysed the origin of caste, but also provided a deeper understanding of the continuation of the caste system and its implications for the progress of India. He made a scathing critique of caste and caste inequality and made a passionate and reasoned appeal to abolish the caste system for which he chalked out a detailed programme of action, especially for Socialist Party. He laid a great deal of emphasis on political empowerment of the backward classes that he considered as an important strategic move for the abolition of the caste system. His essays on caste continue to hold significance, as caste persists as an institution of social inequality in Indian society. Reading of his essays on caste is important as many of his ideas are appealing. Imbued with the ideas of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Raghu Thakur, an eminent Gandhian and socialst thinker, is committed to the cause of creation of an egalitarian society. He was associated with Lohia and assisted him in editing People and Mankind and later on helped in editing of Pratipaksh and The Other Side, published by George Fernandez. At present, he is the National Patron of the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, and writes regularly in national newspapers and magazines.
505			_a1. Towards the Destruction of Castes and Classes 2. Caste 3. Caste System and Slavery 4. Backward Classes and Tax 6.5 Acres 5. Ninety None Per Cent Downtrodden People 6. Note on Caste 7. Draupadi or Savitri 8. Caste and Gender 9. Anti Caste 10. Class Organizations: Instruments to Abolish Caste 11. Vashishthas and Valmikis 12. Letter to Shudra 13. Correspondence with Dr. Ambedkar 14. Letter to Madhu Limaye 15. Dialogue with Naicker 16. Reservation for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) 17. Caste Census
650			_aSocial Sciences
650			_aSociology and anthropology
650			_aGroups of people
650			_aClass
700			_aRaghu Thakur (ed.)
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