From Untouchable to Dalit and beyond: New directions in South Indian Dalit politics

In 1999, following a decade long boycott of the political process the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi - the largest Dalit movement in Tamil Nadu - contested elections for the first time. This paper will examine the process of institutionalisation that has occurred since that point. One of the main ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hugo Gorringe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh Library 2013-03-01
Series:The South Asianist
Online Access:http://www.southasianist.ed.ac.uk/article/view/146