'[In our childhood] all of us, the Dalitbahujans of India never heard the word 'Hindu' -- not as a word, nor as the name of a culture, nor as the name of the religion.' This is one of the provocative statements from the author who identifies himself as a dalitbahujan, a member of the 'exploited and suppressed majority' of Indians. Writing with passionate anger laced with sarcasm on the situation in India today, the author looks at the socio-economic and cultural differences between the Dalitbahujans and the other Hindus. He studies childhood, family life, market relations and power relations, Gods and Goddesses and the premises of Hindutva. Collecting many of the ideas of Bahujans, he presents their vision of a more just society.

Why I am Not a Hindu: A Sudra Critique of Hindutva Philosophy, Culture and Political Economy

Politics & Social Sciences

Kancha Iiaiah

Politics & Government

Samya

A searing memoir of the life of a sensitive and intelligent Dalit youth in independent India. It tells us how he overcame contempt, humilitation and violence to gain an education and join the slowly growing ranks of Dalit intellectuals in India

Joothan: A Dalit's Life

Omprakash Valmiki

Literature & Fiction

Why did Dalits join forces with the Hindu Rights that unleashed the terrible riots in Gujarat against the Muslims in 2002? Why indeed are Dalits, the primary targets of the Hindu caste system, prepared to accept Hindutva or the political philosophy of 'caste Hindu' supremacy? As the editor says, "Hindutva has declared Muslims as their 'enemy other' and extended a hand of friendship to Dalits as 'us allies'." In this path-breaking collection, the contributors, all eminent in their fields, consider the many issues raised by the Hindutva overture towards Dalits. The question of Dalit women vis-a-vis Dalit men and others is also discussed. Divided into two parts, the first discusses the theoretical perspective while the second considers Hindutva in operation. The views presented do not offer a consensus simply because none exists. A thought-provoking and incisive analysis of Hindutva, this book makes an invaluable contribution to the current debate and takes it forward.

Hindutva and Dalits

Anand Teltumbde

Social Sciences

In this manifesto for the downtrodden, the author examines the socio-economic and cultural differences between the Dalitbahujans (the majority, the so-called low castes) and other Hindus in the contexts of childhood, family life, market relations, power relations, Gods and Goddesses, death and, not least, Hindutva (ideology of the Hindu Right).

Why I Am Not a Hindu

Kancha Illaiah

Philosophy

It is 1860s Calcutta. After a hundred years of East India Company rule, the signs of dissent against  foreign domination are discernible: the Mutiny of 1857 and from 1860 the Indigo Revolt the peasants  resistance against forced cultivation of indigo. The Revolt is in the form of a sustained campaign,  especially after an English translation of the play Nildarpan leads to the trial and sentencing of  Reverend James Long.

Sketches By Hootum The Owl: Satirist's View of Colonial Calcutta

Sinha K.

Humor & Satire

Bengal Marxism Early Discoveries and Debates

Anuradha, Roy

Under My Dark Skin Flows a Red River: Translations of Dalit Writings from Bengal

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