Privileged Minorities: Syrian Christianity, Gender, and Minority Rights in Postcolonial IndiaAlthough demographically a minority in Kerala, India, Syrian Christians are not a subordinated community. They are caste , race , and class privileged, and have long benefitted, both economically and socially, from their privileged position. Focusing on Syrian Christian women, Sonja Thomas explores how this community illuminates larger questions of multiple oppressions, privilege and subordination, racialization, and religion and secularism in India.