We investigate the impact of community power on the practice of untouchability in rural India. We model two-dimensional simultaneous group conflict over social norms, wherein an upper and backward (OBC) caste Hindu bloc contests the 'scheduled' castes (SCs) over the extent to which behavioural...

The early nineteenth century Indian writers managed to bring about revolutionary changes in the society with their powerful writings against the social malevolence of casteism. Various Dalit protest movements during this period aimed at achieving the desired goals of social equality and...