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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 excluded from the mainstream except for a minuscule section. The book trace
List of contents
Preface. Introduction 1. The Caste Context 2. Anti-Caste Developments 3. Pre-Ambedkar Dalit Movements 4. Dalit Movement under Ambedkar 5. Post-Ambedkar Movements of Dalits 6. Religious Conversion as Emancipation 7. Politics as the Masterkey 8. Dalits under Neoliberalism 9. New Trends in dalit Movement Epilogue Index
About the author
Anand Teltumbde is one of India's most prominent rights activists and is General Secretary of the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights (CPDR), Maharashtra, India. He teaches at the Vinod Gupta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. He has authored several books, articles and papers on a variety of issues, especially caste, class, political economy and democratic politics in contemporary India, and has been widely translated into Indian languages. He has lectured extensively in Indian and foreign universities, is a regular contributor to leading English newspapers and magazines, and writes a monthly column entitledMargin Speak in the
Economic and Political Weekly.
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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 excluded from the mainstream except for a minuscule section. The book trace
