Dalits : past, present and future / Anand Teltumbde.

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 ma...

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Main Author: Teltumbde, Anand (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Routledge India, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 emancipation
  • 7. Politics as the master key
  • 8. Dalits under neoliberalism
  • 9. New trends among Dalits
  • 10. Whither Dalit emancipation.