This book is a comprehensive introduction to dalits in India (who comprise over one-sixth of the country's population) from the origins of caste system to the present day. Despite a plethora of provisions for affirmative action in the Indian Constitution, dalits are largely excl…
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The caste context -- 2 Anti-caste developments -- 3 Pre-Ambedkar movements of Dalits -- 4 Dalit movement under Ambedkar -- 5 Post-Ambedkar movements of Dalits -- 6 Religious conversion as emanc…
This book is a comprehensive introduction to dalits in India (who comprise over one-sixth of the country population) from the origins of caste system to the present day. Despite a plethora of provisions for affirmative action in the Indian Constitution, dalits are largely exclud…
This book is a comprehensive introduction to dalits in India (who comprise over one-sixth of the country's population) from the origins of caste system to the present day. Despite a plethora of provisions for affirmative action in the Indian Constitution, dalits are largely excl…
Mahad has an iconic place in Dalit universe. Associated with legendary personality of Dr Ambedkar, the struggle of Dalits at Mahad for asserting their rights to access the public tank, the Chavadar tank, arguably ranks among the first civil rights struggles in history. Unfortuna…
MAHAD has an iconic place in Dalit universe. Associated with legendary personality of Dr Ambedkar, the struggle of Dalits at Mahad for asserting their rights to access the public tank, the Chavadar tank, arguably ranks among the first civil rights struggles in history. Unfortuna…