Dheevara (caste)
Dheevara is a grouping of fishing castes from the Kerala state of South India.
The word "Dheevara" is of Sanskrit origin, and has been used to describe fishermen in Gautama Dharmasutra and Mahabharata.[1] The Dheevara community was formed by Arayan, Valan and other castes to lobby for the fishers' rights, and to seek caste-based reservations in government jobs.[2] The members of the community formed the Dheevara Mahasabha ("Dheevara Great Assembly"), which is a politically powerful organization.[3]
The following castes are categorized as "Dheevara" in the Government's list of Other Backward Classes:[4][5]
The Akhila Kerala Dheevara Sabha ("All Kerala Dheevara Association") has demanded inclusion of Dheevaras in the Scheduled Castes list.[6]
See also
- Dhimar and Dhivar, fishing castes of North India, whose names are also derived from the word "Dheevara"
References
- ^ Singh 2003, p. 292.
- ^ Sathyapalan 2015, p. 90.
- ^ Sathyapalan 2015, p. 95.
- ^ "Central List of OBCs for the state of Kerala" (PDF). National Commission for Backward Classes. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "List of Other Backward Classes in Kerala State". Kerala Public Service Commission,. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Dheevara Sabha's demand". The Hindu. 23 April 2012.
Bibliography
- Sathyapalan, Jyothis (2015). "Governability Challenges in Sustaining Small-Scale fisheries in an Urban Context: A study of Cochin Backwaters". In Svein Jentoft and Ratana Chuenpagdee (ed.). Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries: Global Reflections. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-17034-3.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Singh, Kumar Suresh (2003). People of India. Vol. 25. Anthropological Survey of India.
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