... This chapter provides a historical overview of social and political mobilizations among the Chamar Dalits of Punjab. Beginning with their attempts to representg themselves as Ad-Dharmis, a separate religious group and not a caste category, in the colonial census in 1931, the chapter shows...

... Punjab Chamars Ad Dharmis Ravi Dasis Sikhism deras diaspora effect ...

... Growing out of a powerful anti-Brahmanical heterodox tradition in northern India in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the Sikh sect of Guru Nanak and his successors gradually evolved into an organized religious movement in Punjab. It became a rallying point for untouchables and members...

... In this chapter, the author writes of the several research trips undertaken to India. This essay is partly a report on fieldwork, and partly a travel guide. The places mentioned include Delhi and its travel attractions, and then the less likely destinations, stone quarries in Punjab, a small...

... successors gradually evolved into an organized religious movement in Punjab. It became a rallying point for untouchables and members of low castes to use in regaining their lost respect and dignity. The crucial role of untouchable communities in the success of the Sikh experiment is largely absent...

... overview of social and political mobilizations among the Chamar Dalits of Punjab. Beginning with their attempts to representg themselves as Ad-Dharmis, a separate religious group and not a caste category, in the colonial census in 1931, the chapter shows that over the years they have become a religious...

..., and then the less likely destinations, stone quarries in Punjab, a small town some hours away from Mumbai, a village at the Indo-Pak border in Pakistan. India travel Delhi Kashmir Maharashtra fieldwork In this chapter, the author engages in performance art: he visits bookstores in New York and asks...