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.
Re-read the section on Minorities and Marginalisation. What do you understand by the term minority?
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.
Write in your own words two or more sentences of what you understand by the word ‘marginalisation’.
Write one reason why you think the Constitution’s safeguards to protect minority communities are very important.
