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Essays on dalits /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Raj kumar (Editor)
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Discovery, 2003.
Series:History and culture series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Dalit controversy--Weaker sections during Mauryan period--Sudras in ancient Hindu law--Ambedkar's perception of justice--Dalit psyche and Gandhian response--Gandhi and the Dalit question--Gandhiji and the untouchability--dalit emancipation--Gandhi and the Dalits--Politics of conversion--Temple entry movement--Empowering the powerless--Dalits and the state--The Chandala--Dalit and power structure--The weaker sections of Madhya Pradesh--The evil of untouchability--Ambedkar and the Dalits--Ambedkar's quest for social justice through costitutional rights and safeguards.