Democrats were the minority political group as they lost to the Republicans in the recent elections, 2004. Muslims are the minority in India, but they form the majority in Indonesia where they outnumber all other religious population. The larger group of Whites is the majority in England while Blacks and Asians are the minority in that country. Who turns out to be the minority, in general, depends upon the larger size of the majority. <…showed first 75 words of 1119 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1119 total…banned the practice of bonded labor. The kamaiyas were even declared free at one occasion. They have no homes, not property and they are ill-educated and can hardly sustain their life. And the majority's behavior towards other groups such as the Dalits, Haliya, and all social outcasts has not changed. Their voices get more suppressed when the Land reform and Management Minister, a Brahmin, himself keeps several Kamaiyas to work on his houses and farms.