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MLP Understanding Marginalisation 2024-25

The document discusses the concept of marginalization, particularly focusing on marginalized communities such as Muslims and Adivasis. It highlights reasons for their marginalization, including social exclusion, cultural domination, and economic disadvantages. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of constitutional safeguards to protect minority rights and the need for these communities to have a voice in decisions affecting their lives.

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MLP Understanding Marginalisation 2024-25

The document discusses the concept of marginalization, particularly focusing on marginalized communities such as Muslims and Adivasis. It highlights reasons for their marginalization, including social exclusion, cultural domination, and economic disadvantages. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of constitutional safeguards to protect minority rights and the need for these communities to have a voice in decisions affecting their lives.

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Understanding Marginalisation

MLP
Activity- You are participating in a debate where you have to provide reasons to
support the following statement- “Muslims are a marginilised community”. Using the
data provided in this chapter, list two reasons that you would give.

Important Questions and Answers


Q. Explain marginalisation.
Individual or group of persons who are socially excluded. Individual or group of
persons who are considered untouchables by majority communities.
Q. State two reasons why Adivasis are becoming increasingly marginalized.
Adivasis are not considered a homogeneous population. Adivasis are blamed for the
lack of advancement in society. They are also marginalised on the factors like social,
economic, and political.
Q. List one reason – why you think the Constitution’s safeguards to protect minority
communities are very important?
Safeguards are required to protect minority communities against the possibility of
being culturally dominated by the majority. They also protect them against any
discrimination and disadvantage that they may face. The Constitution

provides these safeguards because it is committed to protecting India’s cultural


diversity and promoting equality as well as justice.

Q. Define the term minority. Why do people belonging to this community need
safeguards?
Answer: The term ‘minority’ is most commonly used to refer to communities that are
numerically small in relation to the rest of the population. The Indian Constitution
recognised that the culture of the majority influences the way in which society and
government might express themselves. In such cases, size can be a disadvantage
and lead to the marginalisation of the relatively smaller communities. Thus,
safeguards are needed to protect minority communities against the possibility of
being culturally dominated by the majority. They also protect them against any
discrimination and disadvantage that they may face.

Q. Explain at least three different reasons why groups may be marginalised ?


Ans: There are numerous reasons of marginalisation. The three reasons because of
which a group may be marginalised are:
a. Speaking a different language,
b. Following different customs or belong to a different religious group other than the
majority,
c. Being considered of low status and poor by the majority etc.

Q: In your opinion, why is it important that Adivasis should have a say in how the
forest and forest lands are used ?
Ans: Adivasis should have a say in how the forest and forest lands are used because
they are the people who have been associated with forest for centuries and so, are
directly affected by the decisions taken by our government regarding forest matters.

Q. What are the religious practices of adivasis?

1. Adivasis practise a range of tribal religions that are different from Islam,
Hinduism and Christianity.These often involve the worship of ancestors,
village and nature spirits, the last associated with and residing in various
sites in the landscape– ‘mountain-spirits’, ‘river-spirits’, ‘animal-spirits’, etc.
2. The village spirits are often worshipped at specific sacred groves within the
village boundary while the ancestral ones are usually worshipped at
home.
3. Additionally, Adivasis have always been influenced by different
surrounding religions like Shakta, Buddhist, Vaishnav, Bhakti and
Christianity. Simultaneously,
4. Adivasi religions themselves have influenced dominant religions of the
empires around them, for example, the Jagannath cult of Orissa and
Shakti and Tantric traditions in Bengal and Assam.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. , which has emerged as a very important religion in modern Adivasi
history.
Q. Economic marginalization and social marginalization are interlinked. Do you
agree? Why?
Yes, the marginalised as a term refers to individuals or groups of people who are
socially excluded on the basis of race, nationality, orientation, etc. They are not able
to avail basic amenities such as healthcare, education, or jobs which creates
economic disbalance. Hence, it leads to no economic development for the minorities,
so they remain backward and considered socially marginalised.

HLP
Q1. Define the term Hierarchy with the help of an example?
Q2. Differentiate between social and economic marginalization?

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