Download or read book Representing India written by N. Jayal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-04-12 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of how ethnic diversity is represented in public institutions in India, and how politics manages ethnic inequalities. New data on representational patterns in parliament cover the diversity of caste, tribe and religion. Material disadvantage is central to ethnic and cultural inequality as social and economic inequalities overlap.