India Untouched: the Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty.India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty Abraham M. George The Writers' Collective c/o Gulotta Communications, Inc. 341 Lexington Street, Newton, MA 02466 1594111227 $26.95 www.booktours.com Ably and informatively written by Abraham M. George (a businessman who has undertaken numerous humanitarian projects in South India South India is a commonly used term that is used in India to refer to the South-of-India or Southern India. The Southern part of the Indian peninsula is a linguistic-cultural region of India that comprises the four states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the ), India Untouched: The Forgotten Face of Rural Poverty assesses how economic liberalization Economic liberalization is a broad term that usually refers to less government regulations and restrictions in the economy in exchange for greater participation of private entities; the doctrine is associated with neoliberalism. measures have left much of rural India behind, particularly those belonging to the lowest caste, called "untouchables untouchables: see Harijans. Untouchables lowest caste in India; social outcasts. [Ind. Culture: Brewer Dictionary, 1118] See : Banishment ". Chapters address the reasons behind this disparity, promises for hope, global perspectives, and offer solutions to more equitably bring improved quality of life to all of India's people. A manifesto to work against cruelty, disease, and illiteracy illiteracy, inability to meet a certain minimum criterion of reading and writing skill. Definition of Illiteracy The exact nature of the criterion varies, so that illiteracy must be defined in each case before the term can be used in a meaningful , India Untouched is a cutting-edge political and social analysis of far-reaching problems in dire need of solutions. |
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