Caste Complications in Agrarian Conflict Tilak D Gupta In rural Bihar the economic deprivation of the labouring classes is as a rule compounded by social oppression, A typical victim of the dual burden of class and caste exploitation is not only landless, hungry and destitute. He or she also does not have any 'izzat'. This may provide a clue to the Bara massacre in which 37 people were hacked to death in February this year.
To read the full text Login
New 3 Month Subscription
to Digital Archives at
₹826for India
$50for overseas users
Comments
EPW looks forward to your comments. Please note that comments are moderated as per our comments policy. They may take some time to appear. A comment, if suitable, may be selected for publication in the Letters pages of EPW.