The Unmarriageables: Why the Name is Essential to Denote the Scheduled Castes?

Abstract

What the Book is about? To dispel all the needless interpretations and confusions about the Caste and to compel all the Scholars, Academicians, Legislators, Politicians and even the Masses not to deviate themselves from the precise definition of Caste in the matters of Annihilation of Caste, Emancipation of Depressed Classes, Reservation etc. is what this Book aims to achieve. The concept of 'Unmarriageability' and the nomenclature of 'Unmarriageables' introduced in this Book is merely an extended reinterpretation of Dr.Ambedkar's finding in his Doctoral Thesis that Caste is nothing but the Mechanism of Endogamy. Hence, it became inevitable that the first chapter introduce the readers to the writings and speeches of Dr.Ambedkar for the better understanding about Caste and Untouchability- the premises based on which the entire Book is constructed. Proceeding from here, the rest of the chapters are in fact series of arguments built one over the other to expose the existence of stigma of Unmarriageability, its significance in sustaining Caste and the need to annihilate it in order to annihilate Caste. Whistle blowing the stigma of Unmarriageability is intended to dismantle the foundation of Caste system and also is a strategic spearhead to question the general conscience of this society and simultaneously safeguarding the principles of Social Justice, the aspects of which is dealt in the last two chapters.