ABOUT THE BOOK

The book "Mapping Human Rights and Subalterns in Modern India" attempts to trace the dynamics of human rights discourse and the rights of subalterns in modem India. It critically evaluates the notion of exclusion of subalterns in modem India from the mainstream social system and the present development model. The world we live in is rapidly witnessing modernity,post modernity and globalisation and has become a global village. In contrast to this, there has also been steep rise in discrimination based on caste, class, race, gender, region, religion, ethnicity and so on.Thebook arguesthat it is not merely Indian social inequities but also globalisation and current development model have equally deprived the rights of dalits, women, tribals, minorities and so on. Therefore, the rights of marginalised sections which are enumerated in the India's Constitution are under a serious threat. The book further focusses on the plight of slum dwellers in metropolitan cities and migration of the poor from the backward regions to metropolitan cities which describes the violation of fundamental rights of subalterns in modem India. It lays emphasis on the importance of vernacular literatureand writings from the grassroots level resisting the social inequalities and against current development model. The book deals with the vitality of vernacular languages in India in the era of globalisation and their impact on subalterns.Acouple of research papers discuss the politics ofhuman rights in India and its trends and challenges. In other words, the volume raises very fundamental questions "Who's development & for whom? Who benefits and who pays the price for the development?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author obtained his Doctorate from the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Currently he is working as Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Centre for Studies and Research in Gandhian Thought and Peace, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India. His areas ofresearch are political economy of India, human rights, democracy, social movements, marginality and inclusion. He has attended international conferences held at Denver (USA), Berlin (Germany) and Manchester (UK) and presented research papers. He has also published a couple of articles in the esteemed journals like Economic and Political Weekly, Indian Journal of Human Rights, Indian Journal of Political Science and so on. He is the author of the book titled "Interrogating Democracy and Human Rights: Telangana People's Movement, Rawat Publications,Jaipur,2014.

CONTENTS

Foreword 9 Preface andAcknowledgements 13 List ofContributors. 15 Introduction and Theoretical Framework. 17 1. Dr Ambedkar and the Future of Indian Democracy 39 -Jean Dreze 2. Globalisation, the State and Dalits 47 -Anand Teltumbde 3. The Politics ofHuman Rights in India 89 -Ajay Gudavarty 4. Language Rights: Implementing Worldwide Language Rights and Promoting Social Justice 105 -Tania Hossain 5. 'We are not what we were': The Nicobarese Socio-cultural Milieu Post the Tsunami, 2004 117 -AjaySaini 6. Gender and Educational Policy: A study of dropout girls from rural Andhra Pradesh and Telangana state 133 -Nagaraju Gundimeda 7. Right to Language in the context of Globalisation and Democracy . 155 -DrAvinash Pandey 8. Dalit fiction and the Urban Problematic: Reading Manu Joseph's 'Serious Men' 167 -Abhishek Das 9. Dalit Movement in Gujarat: Response ofthe Society and the State- An Overview 175 -Rajesh Lakum and Jagannatham Begari 10. Globalised Rights and Localised Violations: The Case of Palamur Labour in Telangana 205 -Dr Venkatesh Nayak 11. Development for Whom? Displacing People, Destroying Identity and Suppressing the Voices ofthe Tribals: A Human Rights Perspective 225 -Sheikh RajiqUllah 12. Understanding Humiliation from Double Victimisation Perspective: A Case Study of a Female Divorcee 239 -Bijaya Kumar Mohanty 13. Women and Right to Food: A Special Focus on the Tribal Belt of Odisha 249 -Rajadarshini Patra 14. Caste and Class: Trends and Challenges for 'Dalits' with in the compass of Indian Writing 259 -Patel Heena Land Yogesh N Vansiya 15. Trajectory of Tribal Life: Cases of Missing Human Rights 271 -Deba Ranjan Hota 16. Unveiling the Plight of Domestic Workers in Delhi: A Hidden Workforce 279 -Vibha Singh 17. Political Economy of Tribal Development in Madhya Pradesh: The Case of Korku Tribe 287 -Janmejaya Mishra Index 297