Re-read the section on Minorities and Marginalisation. What do you understand by the term minority?
The term minority refers to communities which are numerically small in relation to the rest of the population.
List two reasons why Adivasis are becoming increasingly marginalised.
The reasons:
(i)Adivasis have been increasingly forced – through economic changes, forest policies and political force applied by the State and private industry – to migrate to lives as workers in plantations, at construction sites, in industries and as domestic workers.
(ii)Adivasis have also lived in areas that are rich in minerals and other natural resources. These are taken over for mining and other large industrial projects.
Write in your own words two or more sentences of what you understand by the word ‘marginalisation’.
To be marginalised is to be forced to occupy the sides or fringes and thus not be at the centre of things.
The word ‘marginalisation’ refers to a situation in which an individual or a group of individuals is deprived of certain privileges or treated as different from others. Marginalisation can be experienced in every sphere. Several factors are there which make certain groups in society feel marginalised. These factors are economic, social, cultural and political.
Write one reason why you think the Constitution’s safeguards to protect minority communities are very important.
Safeguards are needed to protect minority communities against the possibility of being culturally dominated by the majority.
You are participating in a debate where you have to provide reasons to support the following statement. ‘Muslims are a marginalised community’. Using the data provided in this chapter, list two reasons that you would give.
Two reasons are :
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