Dalits in Contemporary India, Vol. I. Discrimination and Discontent/edited
by Nandu Ram. New Delhi, Siddhant Pub., 2008, x, 316 p., ISBN 81-904653-1-1.
Dalits in Contemporary India, Vol. I. Discrimination and Discontent/edited
by Nandu Ram. New Delhi, Siddhant Pub., 2008, x, 316 p., ISBN 81-904653-1-1.
Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Dalit assertion in socio-historical perspective: 1. Dalit movements in India: a perspective from the below/Nandu Ram. 2. The entangled endeavours: the Satnamis of Chattisgarh/Saurabh Dube. 3. Participation of untouchables in the Freedom Movement: the Case of Bairwas in Northern India/Shyamlal. 4. Imagination, participation and nation: a biography of an untouchable nationalist/Badri Narayan. II. Dalit identity: past and present: 5. Dalits in India: past identities and present scenario/J.K. Pundir. 6. The crafting of human bodies and the racialization on caste in India/Subhadra Mitra Channa. 7. Dalit identity formation: the case of Marathwada Region/S.L. Gaikwad. III. Caste prejudice and conflict in rural areas: 8. Locating caste conflicts in Punjab: a study of Jat-Dalit conflict in a village/Paramjit S. Judge. 9. Caste and the regional context: 'Prejudice' and 'Pollution' in Rural Punjab/Surinder S. Jodhka. 10. Dalits of Bihar: Protest against discrimination/A.L. Lal. 11. Changing trajectory of Dalit assertion in Uttar Pradesh/Vivek Kumar. List of contributors. Author index. Index.
"The book Dalits in Contemporary India situates the Dalits, with their social discrimination and discontents along with their assertion and movements, in a wide ranging time frame-from the later 19 century to the present day. It unfolds the various tenets of socio-economic and political discrimination practised against them as well as their own discontents and the resultant assertion and movements during the period under reference. The articles, included in this volume, cover primarily the northern, central, and part of the Western, besides part of the eastern, regions of the country. These broadly analyse the Dalit issues within both the empirical and analytical frameworks which, in turn, provide meaningful insights for the theoretical understanding of the themes under discussion. In fact, the opening article in the volume makes a headway in this direction. The volume, in a way, being a collective effort reflects views of both the insiders and outsiders on the Dalit issues, but the etic views are not devoid of the desired empathy for the Dalit cause." (jacket)