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Averting the Apocalypse : social movements in India today

A vivid portrait of India's underclass and a picture of a society bloodied by decades of unequel social structure and the absence of a civil society and political mechanisms capable of responding to exploitation of the poor and weak
Print Book, English, 1990
Duke University Press, Durham, 1990
Case studies
vi, 467 pages : maps ; 24 cm
9780822310488, 9780822310297, 0822310481, 0822310295
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A Longing for Freedom
A Missed Tryst
The Rich and the Poor
We, the Invisible
The Rescue of Bishnu and Uma
Sister Rita's Report
Devadasis and Hijras
Female Feticide
The Goddess of Food
Tribal India
A Truck and Some Cows
Creating a New Revolutionary Class
The Mutiny of the Innocents
Save the Western Ghats
The Wandering Charcoal Makers
The Failure of Charisma
The Golana Massacre
Temples and Toilets
A Museum of Living Fossils
Temples or Tombs?
Pragmatic Activists
Population and Sterilization
A Model for Community Health
Working for Women
Slaves of Sabarmati
The Rape of Guntaben
The Mystic Dancer
Bihar: Blindings and Massacres
The Role of Activists
Nonviolent Melodrama
Journalism and Its Perils
We Have a Dream
Myths and Identity
The Front Paw of the Revolution
From Revolt to Renewal
A Civilization That Doesn't Work
Death by Encounter
A Village Confrontation
A Man with Faith in India
Broken Promises, Broken Children
The Little Carpet Makers
The Little Match Girls
Riddles of Hinduism
The Conversions at Meenakshipuram
Manipulating Myths and Symbols
The Juggernaut Claims Its Victims
The Politics of Passion
The Fiery Swami
The Triumph of Gandhi's Assassin
Averting the Apocalypse