Religious Mobilizations for Development and Social Change: A Comparative Study of Dalit Movements in Punjab and Maharashtra, India

Abstract

This research focuses on the place of religion in two lower caste movements for social change in the Indian states of Punjab and Maharashtra: the Ad Dharm/Ravidasi movement among the Chamars of the Doaba sub-region of Punjab, and the neo-Buddhist movement among the Hindu Mahars of Maharashtra. The research uses published historical acconts of the two movements, secondary sources and semi-structured individual and group interviews in selected, mainly urban, locations within the two regions where the movements emerged.

Citation

Jodhka, S.S.; Avinash Kumar. Religious Mobilizations for Development and Social Change: A Comparative Study of Dalit Movements in Punjab and Maharashtra, India. (2010) 109 pp.

Religious Mobilizations for Development and Social Change: A Comparative Study of Dalit Movements in Punjab and Maharashtra, India

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Published 1 January 2010