Cultural Capabilities of Dalit Households: Selected Villages in Karnataka

Culture is a way of life, it differs across caste and country. Rural/urban people practise different kinds of culture in India. The ways of wearing dress, speaking language, worshiping god, having faith, eating different kinds of food items, all comes under cultural practices. Cultural practices vary from group to group and from place to place. Karnataka is purposively selected as the study area. The study is based on an interdisciplinary approach in order to understand the persisting cultural capabilities of the Dalit community in Karnataka villages. Sample respondents were selected by using a multistage random sampling technique. The total sample size is 1,800. In the villages, caste hierarchy is very rigid, and work is done according to standard social norms. Cultural capabilities are different with respect to people of different caste backgrounds