Conversations, Histories, and Politics -- Telling Nehru and Aspiring for Freedom -- History Produces Politics : A Narrative of the Nara-Maveshi Movement in Uttar Pradesh -- The Politicisation of Dalit Women : Jhuria's Story -- A Book Also Travels : Circulating Small Booklets in Dalit Poorva -- Dalit Public and Political Power : Grassroots Pressures on Democracy -- Popular Sects and Politics : An Exploration of Intersections -- Hearing Dalit Talk : The Functioning of Electoral Democracy in a Village -- In Search of Alternative Dalit Politics
Summary
Based on extensive fieldwork, this book is a commentary on politics and political consciousness, participation, and mobilization among the Dalits of Uttar Pradesh. It deals with Dalit social and political history in the state from 1950 to the present