Dalit Protest And Temple Entry Movements In Odisha: A Study Of Kendrapara District - Couverture souple

Malik, Suratha Kumar

 
9783659356650: Dalit Protest And Temple Entry Movements In Odisha: A Study Of Kendrapara District
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659356654 ISBN 13 : 9783659356650
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

After sixty-four years of India’s independence untouchability remain a major challenge.The Odia society is a feudal and complex one dominated by the Brahmins and the upper caste Hindus. Dalits were always treated as slaves.The Hindu religion and Dharmasastras nexus with the caste system put heavy inhibitions on Dalits. Among the problems of untouchability and caste system in Odisha, the most important issue is that, the Dalits are not allow to worship inside the temples even today.They have no right to practice their own religion, to enter the temple and to worship their god. Dalit movements and protests in the State have its own history, since pre-colonial period to today, including the present‘Keradagada temple entry movement’(2007-2009) in Kendrapara district of Odisha. Accordingly,the book examines the small and sporadic movements, simultaneously providing an inquiry to the obstacles which negates larger unified Dalit movements in the state. The present work is its own way unique and initial for the researchers, academicians and students who are largely interested on Dalits in India, especially Odisha,and their movements for democracy and social justice.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

After sixty-four years of India’s independence untouchability remain a major challenge.The Odia society is a feudal and complex one dominated by the Brahmins and the upper caste Hindus. Dalits were always treated as slaves.The Hindu religion and Dharmasastras nexus with the caste system put heavy inhibitions on Dalits. Among the problems of untouchability and caste system in Odisha, the most important issue is that, the Dalits are not allow to worship inside the temples even today.They have no right to practice their own religion, to enter the temple and to worship their god. Dalit movements and protests in the State have its own history, since pre-colonial period to today, including the present‘Keradagada temple entry movement’(2007-2009) in Kendrapara district of Odisha. Accordingly,the book examines the small and sporadic movements, simultaneously providing an inquiry to the obstacles which negates larger unified Dalit movements in the state. The present work is its own way unique and initial for the researchers, academicians and students who are largely interested on Dalits in India, especially Odisha,and their movements for democracy and social justice.

Biographie de l'auteur

Malik Suratha Kumar, M.A., M.Phil. (NET, JRF) Pol.Sc., studied at CPS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Currently working as Assistant Prof. Dept. of Political Science with Rural Administration, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India. Research includes: Dalit movement in Odisha, dalit identity and politics, Tribal movements.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659356654
ISBN 13 
9783659356650
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
172
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