Gender, Religion and Caste
This chapter of the NCERT Class 10 Democratic Politics II textbook, Chapter 3, analyses how gender, religion and caste shape Indian politics. It discusses the unequal division of labour, declining sex ratios, literacy gaps and political representation of women, the ideas of communalism and secularism with constitutional safeguards, and how caste influences voting, candidate selection and access to power. It concludes that democratic politics can accommodate social diversity when identities are expressed within constitutional limits and demands for equality are addressed.
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