Segregation and desegregation in India: a socio legal study

THIS comparative study of the pro
blems of segreCgation in Tndia and
America is a pioncer research of in-
temational importance. The author
propounds a new theory quite Con
vincingly that Panchamas were rulers
of Mlecha (Buddhist) countries.
When these countries were conquered
and subjugated by the Brahmin rulers
of India, they were made slaves and
untouchables under Brahmin domina
tion.
Contradictory concepts of basic legal
principles of property and rule of law
between Brahmin and Buddhist coun-
tries resulted ultimately in the degra-
datica of Buddhists in Iadia to the
status of Untouchables thereby deny-
ing them the basic right of acquisition
of property, like the Negroes in
America. Proprietary status concern-
ing these unfortunate classes have
been thoroughly discussed in the
book. The scrutiny of the educa-
tional segregation of the Negroes and
the Untouchables makes a great con-
tribution to the knowledge and theo-
ries of Jurisprudence.
The author's discussion of the legal,
historical, and constitutional aspects
of segregation and desegregation, with
special reference to the segregated
classes of Indian society, reveals ori-
ginality of thouglht and expression and
a high level of scholarship.
The book formulates a programme
to be considered by the leaders and
administrators desirous of solving this
problem. The extensive research on
many problems will be very useful for
historians, politicians, scholars, social
workers, and universities because be-
sides touching upon problems of segre-
gation and desegregation it also deals
with the forces and principles govern-
1ng society and its evolution.
DR P. T. BoRALE Was born in the
segregated Community of Dr B. R.
Ambedkar, the emancipator of the
segregated classes. He entered politics
under the banner of Dr Ambedkar
and took active part in the labour
movement of the Sweepers and
Scavengers. He went to Jail in the
historic Bombay Municipal Sweepers
strike in 1949 which won legal recog-
nition for the sweeper's right to strike.
Dr Borale was associated with
Government of India's Labour Tri
partite conferences and other Com-
mittees. He was elected Chairman of
the Law and Revenue Committee in
1957, Chairman of the Standing Com-
mittee in 1958, and was the first
Buddhist Mayor of Bombay in 1959.
Dr Borale obtained an LL.B. degree
and started practice as an Advocate
of the High Court, Bombay. Since
1960 he has been the Principal of the
People's Education Society's Siddharth
College of Law, Bombay founded by
Dr Ambedkar for the educational
development of the segregated classes.
He was also Chairman of the Board
of Studies in Law and a member of
the Syndicate of the University of
Bombay. He obtained a doctorate in
Law from the University of Bombay.