"Institute of Dravidian Culture and Research (Sanskruti), the anthropological research wing of SVD - Society of the Divine Word (India), Hyderabad conducted its 4th National Seminar on Caste System in Contemporary India: Issues and Implications on January 27-28, 2017 at the Institute's Arnold Bhavan central campus located at Ravindranagar Colony, Habsiguda, Hyderabad"--Page xiv. Contributed papers. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Valedictory address: caste system in contemporary India / Vijoy S Sahay. Some ideas in the context of tribes of India / Vinay Kumar Srivastava -- Dreaming for a dynamic and egalitarian society in India: feasibilities and options / P.K. Sivanandan, IAS -- Perceptions of caste, tribe and crime in India: the experiences of Madras presidency / Malli Gandhi -- Dalit identity and ethnic character in the Telugu country / N. Sudhakar Rao and Ramudu -- Emerging caste consciousness in Madras presidency: change and resistance in the Telugu-speaking regions / Sundar Kompally -- The caste question revisited: in the light of the present day scenario / A. Pushparajan -- Emancipation from casteism and untouchability: some Dalit discourses amidst conflicts / A. Maria Arul Raja -- Caste system and its implications in contemporary India / Selvin S.J -- Understanding caste in India: trajectories of sociological explanations / Joseph M.T Hybridity and mobility: deconstructing stereotype identities / Nishant A. Irudayadason -- 'We and they': caste politics of identity and difference / John Peter Vallabadoss -- The dye is cast at birth: caste, conformity and confrontation in Perambalur District of Tamil Nadu, South India / Paul Roche -- Why caste system in contemporary India is a major point of debate? / K. Jose -- Effects of the caste system on education / S. Srikanta Swamy -- Eternal values of God's kingdom and changing values of modern man / Arockiasamy Savarirayan -- Secular state: politics over cow-slaughter / Thomas Monteiro -- Strategies to break unholy nexus between the caste religion / M. Subharao -- Shared media platform for the eradication of the evils of caste discrimination in the education institutions of India: a case-study / S. Janet Mary -- Search for ethnic and caste identity in Sikkhim / A.C. Sinha^^^ical explanations / Joseph M.T Tribe caste continuum among the tribes of Assam: a preliminary observation on Madahis of Baksa-Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) of Assam / Ankit K. Gaur -- Valedictory address: caste system in contemporary India / Vijoy S Sahay.
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