Vaddera

Vaddera (alternatively Vadde, Vadderaju or Waddera) is a caste in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and some other states in India.

The Vaddera have traditionally been stone-cutters but many have had to change to agricultural labouring. The effects of mechanisation, usually financed and run by higher caste groups, has caused this change and government recognition of the issues has led to them being designated as an Other Backward Class.^[1]

References

↑ Berger, Peter; Heidemann, Frank, eds. (2013). The Modern Anthropology of India: Ethnography, Themes and Theory. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 9781134061112.

Further reading

P. M. Nair, Sankar Sen; Institute of Social Sciences (New Delhi, India); National Human Rights Commission; UNIFEM South Asia Regional Office (2005). Trafficking In Women And Children In India. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan. p. 351. ISBN 9788125028451.

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