Scheduled castes : socio-economic changes

The author has analysed the data scientifically and has presented the findings in a very interesting and convincing style. It is an original and useful piece of work.

-Professor Ziauddin Ahmed, Head, Department of Sociology, Patna University.

The author has made a real con tribution to the existing literature on Scheduled Castes from the Sociolo gical point of view. The author has brought out the real breakdown of occupational barriers and has analys ed patterns of social interaction.

-Professor S. K. Srivastava, Department of Sociology, Banaras Hindu University.

The author has found that there are variations of occupational impact on life styles of Scheduled Caste, depending upon the class to which they long. The study has shown a igant factor that there are class differences on the impact of urban occupations on the life styles despite the fact that the urban occupation do tend to bring about the change.

-Professor D. Sundaram, Head Department of Sociology, University of Madras.