The research papers presented in this volume have emerged from the recent experience of organized attempts to brutally suppress Adivasi/Dalit/Minority ferment intersecting with organized attempts at communal polarization and promotion of communal hatred. Recurrent practices of 'dishonouring' women in the name of community honour, and the virulent attacks on inter-faith marriages, do indeed appear to share features in common with violence against inter-caste marriages, albeit on a stridently political and communal register. The adverse effects of politicization of religion on the advance of equality for women, and contemporary articulations of women's rights from within minority communities, are all important issues dealt in this volume. The voices of these women of India cannot be ignored, for they are the ones who will chart the course of India's future. At once vigorously analytical and vividly written, Women among Marginalised Communities of India: Issues and Challenges is a must-read for anyone interested in safe-guarding India's five thousand years of history. The facts revealed in this volume will invite many more debates among the scholars and policy makers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Gnanapragasam LAZAR (b. 1954) is a student of Prof. Stephen Fuchs the eminent Anthropologist of Vienna School. Dr. Lazar has obtained his M.A. in Philosophy, in the University of Poona (1986) and furthered his studies in Anthropology at the University of Lancaster, England where he obtained M.A., M.Phil., and then PhD (1994). Apart from his regular teaching, conducting inter-religious dialogue meetings and research, he has published four books, 38 research papers and edited 9 books in Anthropology, Sociology and World Religions. He was also a visiting Research Fellow at Yara University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the Founder Director of SANSKRUTI (Institute of Dravidian Culture and Research). Currently he is the President of Asia- Pacific Mission and Research (ASPAMIR).
Prof. Sudhakar Rao (b.….) has obtained his M.A. (Anthropology) and M.A. (English Literature) from S.V. University, Tirupati, and also another M.A and PhD (1993) in Anthropology from the University of Rochester, USA. He started his career as a Research Assistant for the research project, “Yanadi Action Research Project” of Indian Space Research Organization's SHAR Centre, Sriharikota (1976-81), and worked as a Senior Investigator with National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Government of India (1981- 1988). He was also a visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Development Studies in the University of Bergen, Norway (1995) and Associate Professor and Administrator for TALEEM Research Foundation (1995-1999). He has the honour of working as a Professor and Head of Department in Department of Sociology, also the Registrar in the same University of Assam Central University, Silchar (1999-2005). Above all he has served as Professor and Head, Department of Anthropology in the University of Hyderabad (2005-12) besides serving as Director for the Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, University of Hyderabad (2007-09). He has carried out researches among the Sugali, Yanadi, Gond, Yerukala, Bagatha, Nakka, and Pardhi tribes besides urban and rural communities in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Gujarat. Further he had also has the credit of supervising over nineteen M.Phil and eight Ph.D researches. Apart from publishing four books he has also published thirty five research papers in reputed national and international journals.
Loading...
