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041			_aEnglish
082			_223 _a305.5688 _bOMVD
100			_aGail Omvedt _9184468
245			_aDalit Visions: The Anti Caste Movement and the Construction of an Indian Identity
260			_aHyderabad _bOrient Longman Limited _c1995
300			_axi,112 p. _bPB _c21.5x14 cm.
440			_aTracts For the Times 8 _953316
520			_aDalit visions explores and critiques the sensibility which equates Indian tradition with Hinduism, and Hinduism with Brahmanism; which considers the Vedas as the foundational texts of Indian culture and discovers within the Aryan heritage the essence of Indian civilisation. It shows that even secular minds remain imprisoned within this brahmanical vision, and the language of secular discourse is often steeped in a Hindu ethos. The tract looks at alternative traditions, nurtured within Dalit movements, which have questioned this way of looking at Indian society and its history. While seeking to understand the varied Dalit visions that have sought to alter the Terms of the dominant order, this tract persuades us to reconsider our ideas, listen to those voices which we often refuse to hear and understand the visions which seek to change the world in which Dalits live.
650			_aIndia _953317
650			_aCaste _953318
650			_aDalits _953319
650			_aHinduism _953320
650			_aSocial conditions _953321
650			_aPolitics and government _953322
650			_aCivil rights movements _953323
650			_aDalits--Political activity _953324
700			_aOMVEDT (Gail) _953325
942			_2ddc _cGF
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