Author: Omar Khalidi
Publisher: Three Essays
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 240
ISBN/UPC (if available): 818878950X
Description
The 130 million Muslims in India form the second largest Muslim population in the world. Scholarship on them has however focused on a limited range of issues. There is little by way of macro studies on the economic condition of Muslims in various parts of India. Omar Khalidi’s book fills this gap.
The various chapters focus on the pre-Independence legacy, the impact on Muslims of Partition and politics on ownership of assets, employment, access to education, public service or their role in labour, commerce and industry. It is a report on the current status of the Muslim minority in India, particularly the Urdu-speaking Muslims.
Densely documented, with hard to find statistical data, written with an economy of words, no one remotely interested in Indian economy, society or politics can afford to ignore this immensely readable book.
Contents
PREFACE AND ACKNOLWDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
NATIONAL LEVEL
Medieval and Colonial India
Independent India
STATE LEVEL
Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Deccan and Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Maharashtra
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX
Central Government Schemes and Commission for Minorities.