%0 Journal Article
%T Reduce Inequalities: Dalits in Punjab Seek Development with Dignity
%A Sanjeev Kumar
%J Contemporary Voice of Dalit
%@ 2456-0502
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/2455328X17745175
%X This article argues for Dalit activists and rights-based groups, who are voicing the concerns of DalitsĄŻ development in Punjab. Their emergence and achievement in securing Panchayat (common) land-rights in the Malwa region are the strongest expressions of the rising educated class of Dalits, who share common experiences of caste-based oppression, memories of humiliation and agesĄŻ old forced socio-economic marginalization. They are striving for equality in political, social and economic domains
%K Dalits
%K activists
%K assertion
%K atrocities
%K development
%K social-exclusion
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2455328X17745175