BOOK COVER; HALF TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATIONS; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; 1. MODERNIT, POSTCOLONIALITY AND THE NEW HUMANITIES: TOWARDS A NON-HOLISTIC READING OF CASTE; 2. THE DARK ROCK OF INDIAN TRADITION: CASTE AND ORIENTALISM; 3. THE ANOMALOUS INSIDER: CASTE AND NATIONALISM; 4. AN INTRACTABLE DUALISM: CASTE AND MARXISM; 5. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF REVENGE: CASTE AND POST-ORIENTALISM; 6. DALIT MYTHOGRAPHIES: AMBEDKAR AS MODERNIT'S INTERLOCUTOR; 7. BUDDHA, BHAKTI AND 'SUPERSTITION': A POST-SECULAR READING OF DALIT CONVERSION
Summary
This book discusses the enigmatic persistence of caste in the lives of South Asians as they step into the 21st century