TY - BOOK AU - Dahiwale,S.M. ED - University of Pune. TI - Understanding Indian society: the non-Brahmanic perspective SN - 8170338948 AV - HN682 .U63 2005 U1 - 305.512 209 54 PY - 2005/// CY - Jaipur PB - Rawat Publications KW - Caste KW - India KW - Congresses KW - Social conditions N1 - Contributed papers presented at a seminar organized under the UGC Special Assistance Programme in the Dept. of Sociology, University of Pune; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / S.M. Dahiwale -- Understanding Indian society : the relevance of the perspective from below / T.K. Oommen -- Nation, anthropology, and the village / Surinder S. Jodhka -- The broken men theory of untouchability / S.M. Dahiwale -- Perspectives of the anti-caste movements : subaltern sociological visions / Gail Omvedt -- Decoding Dalitism : reflections on Dalit literature in Maharasthra / S.R. Punalekar -- Conversion as subversion of hierarchy / Ambrose Pinto S.J. -- Conversion, empowerment, and social transformation / S.M. Michael -- Brahmanical social order and Christianity in India / Lancy Lobo -- Educational stratification, dominant ideology and the reproduction of disadvantage in India / Padma Velaskar -- Confronting caste inequality : what sociologists must do to reorient social policy / Satish Deshpande ER -