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However, existing government surveys do give us some idea about the role of caste in economic inequality in India. Here is a summary snapshot of what the data tells us.

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In “The Greatest of All Plagues,” David Lay Williams writes about seven major thinkers who saw inequality as a grave political threat and proposed specific remedies for it.

The results reveal a complicated picture of social hierarchies, regional disparities and gender inequalities shaping computer literacy in India. This situation has the potential to exacerbate existing ...