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Podcast: New Books in South Asian Studies
Episode: David N. Gellner and Krishna P. Adhikari, "Nepal's Dalits in Transition" (Vajra Books, 2024)
Description: What do political democracy and social hierarchy do to each other?
For too long Nepal's Dalits have been marginalized, not just socially, economically, and politically, but from academic accounts of Nepalese society as well. This volume forms part of a welcome new trend, the emergence of Dalit Studies in Nepal, led by a new generation of Dalit scholars.Â
Nepal's Dalits in Transition (Vajra Books, 2024) covers a wide range of issues concerning Nepal's Dalits and offers a snapshot of the advances that they have made--in education, in politics, in the bureaucracy, economically, and in everyday relations. At th...