Other Backward Classes in India

Foreword by Christophe Jaffrelot. Introduction PART I: THOUGHT AND IDEOLOGY 1. The Backward God: Gautam Buddha's Liberative Agenda for the OBCs 2. Contesting Caste: The Revolutionary Movement of the Sant-Poets 3. The Thought and Ideology of Jotirao Phule 4. Claiming Savitribai Phule: Life and Times of a Forgotten Liberator 5. Shahu Maharaj and OBC Empowerment in Maharashtra 6. Dr Ambedkar and Annihilation of Caste 7. Narayana Guru and Formation of Political Society in Kerala: A Contemporary Critique 8. E V Ramasami Periyar on Caste-Society & Category-wise Rights 9. Dr. Lohia's Socialist Thought and Powering People PART II: OBC MOVEMENTS10. Introduction: OBCs and Social Justice 11. Mandal, Mandal Commission and Making of an OBC Identity 12. The Other Backward Classes: Pre- and Post-Mandal India 13. Backward Caste Movement: The Tamil Nadu Experience 14. Backward Class Movement in Karnataka 15. Politics and Public Policy of the Dominant Castes towards Backward Classes in Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh: A Critical Analysis from 1956-2014 16. OBC Movement in Maharashtra: Reclaiming the Bahujan legacy 17. OBC Leadership & Electoral Politics in Uttar Pradesh 18. Understanding Backward Caste Movement in Contemporary Bihar 19. The Other Backward Classes in Bengal: Exclusion, Exploitation and Empowerment PART III: OBC DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES 20. Contextualizing the Backward Classes Discourse 21. Modernization, Social Exclusion and Empowerment of Other Backward Classes in India: A Study of Gujarat 22. Other Backward Classes and State Policies in Uttar Pradesh 23. The Status of Muslim OBCs in India: Inclusion/Exclusion of Muslim OBCs in the Process of Modernisation and Development in Post-Independent India 24. Status of Backward Caste Artisans in India: An Appraisal 25. Entrenched Inequality among OBC Women of India: A Narrative of Telangana 26. The Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities of Telangana: A Ground Report 27. Media in India: Free to Exclude? 28. The OBC vote in North India: Trends and Patterns