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Dalit Women: From Exclusion to Integration

ABOUT THE BOOK This book is about determining the nature and dynamics of exclusion of dalit women from the social

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Dalit Writings: Emerging Perspectives

Santosh Gupta and Bandana Chakrabarty (eds)

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Dalithadvytha: Towards Dalit Theology of Resistance and Assertion

Dr. Prasad provides the outlines of new paradigm for theology and its challenge to faith and action. Taking cues from pollution which is today’s problem in the environment, he critiques common approaches to caste system arguing that Indian theologians who have failed to look into untouchability, cultural oppression and social exploitation of Dalits. He brings a voice that brings hope to the Dalits.

Rev. Prem Mitra
Chairperson A Rocha India

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Tribal India: Issues and Challenges

Mridula Sharda and Inder Kumar

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BACKWARD AND DALIT MUSLIMS: Education, Employment and Poverty

Surinder Kumar, Fahimuddin, Prashant K. Trivedi and Srinivas Goli

Development process in a market economy leads to widening of interpersonal and interregional inequalities. Historically, in the Indian society, interaction of caste, class, gender and religious identities had a strong bearing on distribution of the fruits of development outcomes. To ensure equity-based access to the benefits of socio-economic development, Indian Constitution provides reservation to the deprived sections in educational institutions and public sector job market.
This book is based on a comprehensive primary survey-led major research project sponsored by the ICSSR. This is first of its kind study to determine the socio-economic and educational status of OBC/Dalit Muslims in comparison to other socio-religious groups in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Findings of the study are very illuminating as it seeks to settle many issues and controversies regarding the reservation policy in India, inform policy makers for formulating development programmes for the deprived sections of the society, and provoke researchers to undertake further research studies on the subject.

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BIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCHEDULED TRIBES: Policies and Issues

Edited by P.K. Misra, H.K. Bhat and K.K. Misra

Notwithstanding so much of attention paid to the welfare of scheduled tribes during the six and a half decades of independence, they are still at the bottom of human development. Even, they are being gradually dispossessed of whatever resources they had under their control in the past. In fact, the modern development paradigm cannot address the problems of these people and there is an urgent need for an alternative paradigm. The present book, which is an outcome of a national seminar, and contains papers on themes such as nutrition and growth, tribal economy, tribal development, concept of tribe, health, disease and healthcare, etc., promises to be of immense value for social scientists, policy makers and administrators.

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CASTE AND CLASS IN INDIA

Edited by K.L. Sharma

Caste and class as topics of research may cover almost entire gamut of sociological inquiry. The book, Caste and Class in India, is an outcome of a very well organized and academically fruitful exercise under the auspices of the TDSS, Pune. The papers included in the volume, covering nine states, highlight the complex dynamics of the nexus between caste and class. Caste as seen from the class point of view and class as seen from the caste point of view make it explicit that the two inhere each other historically as well as in contemporary India as inseparable aspects of India’s social formation. However, the dynamics of the nexus have varied from region to region. This is how West Bengal presents a different scenario compared to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. What is today in the form of casteism in Bihar is not found elsewhere in the country.

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CASTE, TRIBE AND GENDER: Politics of Self and the Other

Of late, politics of the ‘self’ and the ‘other’ has been the subject of much academic debate in the study of subaltern identities all over the world. This debate addresses several questions. What is an identity? How are subaltern identities different from others? How the ‘self’ is contested with the ‘other’? Keeping in view these questions, the caste, tribe, and gender have all arisen is some way from a redrawing of the ‘otherness’ and everyday experiences in the society. In this context this book proposes to explore the nature of social subordination and its diverse forms of subordinations in the study of structural hegemony which exists in different forms in Indian society.

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CHALLENGES OF TRIBAL DEVELOPMENT: Contemporary Social Concerns

The tribals in India who have been rich in terms of possessing natural resources in their respective regions, still continue to live in underdevelopment and are inaccessible to most of the development indicators. The present volume provides critical insights to understand the major challenges of tribal development in India.

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CHANGE AND CONTINUITY AMONG TRIBES: The Idu Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh

This book aims to provide a comprehensive understanding about the post-colonial research trends on the Idu Mishmi community of Arunachal Pradesh, which was considered as an important tribe since the pre-colonial and colonial days. It takes into account the historicity of the tribe and brings into light the change and continuity in the context of emerging realities of a bordering state. It takes stock of some ground realities pertaining to issues of daily life to sociocultural aspects to the issues of resource mobilization. In exploring these issues and concerns confronting the Idu Mishmis, the challenge has been taken up by the current generation scholars having different academic backgrounds cutting across the disciplinary boundaries.

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Constructing Dalit Theology for Dalit Liberation

This book focuses on one of the fundamental issues in missions today—the Dalits in our time. The style and content

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CRISIS OF DALIT LEADERSHIP

The Untouchables, from time immemorial, have been socially and economically oppressed, culturally subjugated and politically marginalized. However, in recent times they have begun to assert themselves and have launched socio-cultural and political movements aimed at ushering in a new social order based on the principles of equality and liberty. Even though many untouchables, as a consequence, have reached at the position of power and prominence, particularly in the political arena, a vast majority of them continue to suffer discrimination, poverty and humiliation, and are often targets of inhuman atrocities.

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DALIT ISSUES: Caste and Class Interface

Edited by T. Brahmanandam

Dalit Issues: Caste and Class Interface will fill the gaps in the existing body of literature pertaining to Dalit issues. The book addresses the key issues of Dalits struggling for the right to life and survival with dignity. Though this right is constitutionally granted as fundamental right, the realization of the same seems to be the most strenuous task.
Dr. Ambedkar’s lifelong concern for the vulnerable took the Dalit issues at the centre-stage of national politics. Political parties took up the Dalit issues and came to power. The stakeholders, including the human rights bodies, remain vocal in condemning the atrocities and injustice inflicted on Dalits. However, efforts are on for the realization of constitutional rights safeguarding the interests of Dalits, and creating an egalitarian society. The book in hand will definitely take such steps forward. This book will be of great help to all concerned with Dalits and human rights issues.

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DALIT MOVEMENT AND RADICAL LEFT: A Study in Telangana

Telangana region of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh state has a historical specificity of caste–class dynamics. A kind of solidarity exists between Dalit Movement and Radical Left Practice in this region. Analysing issues and problems of Dalit Movement and Radical Left Practice in this region, this study has put under lens various movements such as the Telangana Peasant Movement, Naxalite Movement, Dandora Movement and Telangana Separate Statehood Movement. Drawing heavily upon empirical evidences, the book closely scrutinizes how Dalits emerged into leadership from village committees and fought for economic betterments by joining hands with left movement in 1950s.

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DALIT RIGHTS / HUMAN RIGHTS

Socially stigmatized, culturally subjugated and politically marginalized, dalits have been the most vulnerable community in terms of human rights violations in India.
The book makes a concerted effort to explore the roots of the vulnerability and the present status of this section of the society against the backdrop of the changing social, economic and political scenario. In particular, it examines the vulnerability of dalit women, children and those who are victims of displacement. It also looks into the compulsions under which the dalits have opted for conversion and their post-conversion status.

The book thus seeks to cover the entire spectrum of the rights situation of the dalits in India, the negation of their rights as also their struggles, placing the discussion in the wider context of globalization and the unfolding global human rights discourse since the 1990s.

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DEVELOPMENT AND DISCONTENT IN TRIBAL INDIA

Editors: Yatindra Singh Sisodia and Tapas Kumar Dalapati

Development is a continuous and a multidimensional process which involves reorganization and reorientation of the entire economic and social system. The tribal communities in India are at different levels of this socioeconomic development. There are tribes that are still dependent on forests for their livelihood with their primitive technology, limited skills and traditional ritual practices. On the other hand, there are several communities in India who have been totally assimilated into national mainstream. However, low productivity from land, dispersed habitation, shrinking shifting cultivation, weak cooperative and marketing infrastructure, and land grabbing by non-tribals leading to their dispossession and marginalization is a common phenomenon across the tribal areas.

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DISADVANTAGED TRIBES OF INDIA: Regional Concerns

As India industrialised, the tribals have been losing their homes and livelihoods due to development projects, dams, mining, etc. for the benefit of non-tribals. The tribal regions in India are blessed with abundant natural resources but these natural resources are being diverted to the interest of non-tribal development. On close examination, we can easily state that it has been the state, market and even civil society that are the reasons for the disadvantage of the tribes.

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EDUCATING EX-CRIMINAL TRIBES: Issues and Concerns

In this study, the author focuses on some of the important aspects and issues related to the education of the denotified tribal (DNT) communities. The author examines that for generations together the DNT families have been labelled as ‘criminal’ and have suffered dishonour and social negligence. Their children in particular have suffered social alienation from mainstream society. The stigma of criminality is still one of the major impediments in the smooth functioning of educational programmes for children among the DNT communities. The aims and objectives of the study are to examine the education prevailing among the DNT children from colonial times to the present, to what extent has education been spread among the DNT communities after 65 years of independence and to suggest the ways and means for the betterment of the DNTs through education. The study critically examines the character, education level and dimensions of educational problems being faced by the DNT communities in India in general and Andhra Pradesh in particular. What makes this work unique is the extensive fieldwork and the oral testimony that the author has laboured hard to collect and on its basis the whole research work is reconstructed.

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EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF SCHEDULED CASTES: Attainment and Challenges

The volume presents findings of a large scale national survey sponsored by ICSSR on Education Status of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in India. The study covers 98 districts across 22 states. Though the research is primarily focused on SCs, it also studies non-SC/STs as a control group. The findings are based on a survey of more than 23 thousand SC and over 9 thousand non-SC households, more than 23 thousand SC and around 8 thousand non-SC/ST students studying at different levels – upper primary, secondary, higher secondary and college – from government and private schools/colleges. The study focuses on three dimensions of the institutional education system: (1) the socio-economic and cultural background of the students which enable or hinder them to get access to educational institutions at different levels; (2) institutional setup and its function where the students enter, interact with teachers and other students and undergo the process of learning; and (3) aspirations and performance of the students in the examinations.

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EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF SCHEDULED TRIBES: Attainment and Challenges

Ghanshyam Shah, K. Sujatha and Sukhadeo Thorat

The volume presents findings of a large scale national survey sponsored by ICSSR on Education Status of Scheduled Tribes (STs) in India. The study covers 69 districts across 15 states. Though the research is primarily focused on STs, it also studies non-STs as a control group. The findings are based on a survey of 14,924 ST and 5,919 non-ST households, 15,575 ST and 4,924 non-ST students studying at different levels – upper primary, secondary, higher secondary and college – from government and private schools/colleges. The study focuses on three dimensions of the institutional education system: (1) the socio-economic and cultural background of the students which enable or hinder them to get access to educational institutions at different levels; (2) institutional setup and its function where the students enter, interact with teachers and other students and undergo the process of learning; and (3) aspirations and performance of the students in the examinations.

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EMERGING TRIBAL IDENTITY: A Study of Minas of Rajasthan

Over the years, sociologists, anthropologists and the non-tribal masses have, deliberately or inadvertently, developed an image of a tribal as that of a sub-human being, fully deprived of the attributes of a civilized life. The present work seeks to study the developments among the Mina tribal society of Eastern Rajasthan.

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EXCLUSION, DISCRIMINATION AND STRATIFICATION : Tribes in Contemporary India

Edited by N.K. Das

Discourses on social exclusion, discrimination and inequality have emerged as defining characteristics of the 21st century social sciences. Tribes of India are subjected to various forms of exclusion and discrimination. Tribes living in the midst of castes encounter even more deeply embedded exclusion and deprivation. Based on fieldwork, 24 in-depth village studies elucidate these issues in terms of collapse of livelihood opportunities and multiple practices of discrimination and denial rooted in economic, social and ritual spheres in this volume. In order to clarify concurrently intra-tribe, inter-tribe as also tribe-caste discrepancy, tribes are studied in numerous locations in rural India, including plains, hills and islands. Articles in this volume explain how the tribespeople have steadily resisted the persistent repression and adopted strategies to defy ill-treatment.

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