ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203151631/f83e39f2-fb3e-4f6b-8067-30bae33d638e/content/icon_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>The average Indian today lives in an environment of violence. Some part of this violence is structural, emanating from the caste system, from sharp class differences, and from inequitable man-woman relationships. A part of this violence is derived from our colonial history, which produced an economic system designed to impoverish the land and the people. On the other hand, some of this violence stems from our inability to jettison those social systems and patterns of commerce which enhance the rich-poor differential and mortgage our collective resources to external agencies like the World Bank. A very significant component of our violent landscape stems from our increasing militarisation.
