Unit 3 Ch 3 : Democracy and Diversity — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

Overlapping refers to social difference in one sphere overlapping across another sphere to create social division. It is demonstrated by the poor economic condition of socially depressed communities. In such a situation, the social and economic conditions of a community may be said to be overlapping each other. E.g. the Dalits in India who have suffered from a history of social discrimination are traditionally among the economically weaker sections of society.