very insightful piece written in 2009 by the late gail omvedt on christianity in india, politics of conversions, dalit and tribal christians, the british empire (company and raj periods), brahminical hegemony and violence, 2008 anti-christian kandhamal massacre, jotiba phule and the dilemmas faced by dalit christian theology and the larger dalit movement.

the references at the end are a treasure for anyone interested in learning more.

Dalit History Month - Remembering Dalit Jews - Bene Ephraim Community of Andhra Pradesh

Dalit History Month – Remembering Dalit Jews – Bene Ephraim Community of Andhra Pradesh

Today in Dalit History, we highlight a community of Dalit Jews called the Bene-Ephraim, in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh in India. The Bene Ephraim, Dalit Jews, assert that they were descended from one of the one of the ten Jewish tribes driven into exile after the collapse of the Jewish kingdom in 586 B.C.E. Members of this tribe are said to have migrated through Persia to becoming…

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Dharavi,Redevelopment,The VHP,The RSS ,A Bit Of Nadar Politics And Eelam

Dharavi,Redevelopment,The VHP,The RSS ,A Bit Of Nadar Politics And Eelam

Dharavi, Asia’s biggest slum,is the throbbing lifeline of Mumbai city. It has 2.5-lakh registered voters. Nearly 40,000 of them are from South India and they are mostly into making food items such as murukkus and idlis, or are drivers or work in printing factories.There is also a large group of people from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, working in the tanning industry, while a few hundred…

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In India - Dalit Conversions to the Methodist Episcopal Church

In India – Dalit Conversions to the Methodist Episcopal Church

It was not until 1891 that the sources became clearer about the interest of Dalits in Christianity, Church and the attitudes of missionaries towards Dalits. Ernsberger’s choice of Indian clothing was a conspicuous example of a Methodist missionary’s attitude toward the social hierarchy in India. Brenton T. Bradley argues that Ernsberger opted for Indian clothing under the assumption that his…

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