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Indian Muslims: The Varied Dimensions of Marginality
The Sachar Committee Report brings together a wealth of data of immense value with respect to the development and marginalisation of different socio-religious groups, the Muslims in particular, in the country. This article examines the social, political and economic profile of Indian Muslims emerging from the SCR; its regional, gendered and other variations; and the implications thereof.
The Rajinder Sachar Committee Report (SCR) is of great benefit to scholars and policymakers. Until recently, academics bemoaned the fact that so little data was available on Indian minorities in general and Muslims in particular. It is indeed possible that, with respect to Muslims, the ghost of the “communal” hung so much over politics that sanction for such documentation was not available. While some attempts at the collection and analysis of data had begun, the SCR brings together a wealth of data for the whole country that is of immense value for those seriously concerned with questions of the development and marginalisation of different socio-religious groups.1
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