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Books on Dalit Studies: Top Picks from 2024

  • Writer: Mahitosh Mandal
    Mahitosh Mandal
  • Nov 8, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Aug 30

  1. Babu, D. Shyam, Rahul Verma, and Sudha Pai, eds. Dalits in the New Millennium. Cambridge University Press, 2023.

  2. Chinnaswamy, Mudnakudu. Dalit Cosmos: Understanding Caste, Marginalisation and Dalit Literature in India. Routledge, 2024.

  3. D'Souza, Paul and N. Sukumar. The Journey of Caste in India: Voices from Margins. Routledge, 2024.

  4. Geeta, V., and Uma Chakravarti, eds. Dalit Counter-Publics and the Classroom: A Sharmila Rege Reader. Routledge, 2024.

  5. Jaffrelot, Christophe, Santosh Dass, and William Gould eds. Ambedkar in London. Hurst Publishers, 2022.

  6. Kannan, Divya. Contested Childhoods: Caste and Education in Colonial Kerala. Cambridge University Press, 2024.

  7. Lokhande, Hanumant Ajinath. Representations of Dalit Protagonists: Indian English Fiction and Marathi Dalit Literature. Palgrave, 2024.

  8. Paraskeva, João M. Critical Perspectives on the Denial of Caste in Educational Debate: Towards a Non-Derivative Curriculum Reason. Routledge, 2024.

  9. Patole, Shahu. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada. HarperCollins, 2024.

  10. Rawat, Ramnarayan S, K Satyanarayana, and P Sanal Mohan, eds. Dalit Journeys for Dignity: Religion, Freedom, and Caste. State University of New York Press, 2025.

  11. Soindaji, Dhananjay. Humanizing Power: Ambedkar’s Humanist Approach to Power and Politics. Bloomsbury, 2024.

  12. Teltumbde, Anand. Iconoclast: A Reflective Biography of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Penguin, 2024.

  13. Teltumbde, Anand. Mahad: The Making of the First Dalit Revolt. Routledge, 2024.

  14. Tharoor, Shashi. B. R. Ambedkar: The Man Who Gave Hope to India’s Dispossessed. Manchester University Press, 2025.

  15. Zafir, Deeba. Caste and the City: Urban Aspirations and Sensibility in Hindi Dalit Short Fiction. Routledge, 2024.

 
 

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