About the Book: Ground Down by Growth: Tribe, Caste, Class, and Inequality in
Twenty-First Century India
Why has Indias astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom
of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the
subcontinent, this book shows how Indias 'untouchables and 'tribals fit into the
global economy. Ground Down by Growth reveals the impact of global capitalism on
their lives. It shows how capitalism entrenches, rather than erases, social
difference and has transformed traditional forms of identity-based
discrimination into new mechanisms of exploitation and oppression.
About the Author: Alpa Shah, Jens Lerche, Richard Axelby, Dalel Benbabaali,
Brendan Donegan, Jayaseelan Raj,