New Books in Indian Religions

New Books in Indian Religions


Rupa Viswanath, “The Pariah Problem: Caste, Religion, and the Social in Modern India” (Columbia UP, 2014)

November 02, 2016

The so called âPariah Problemâ emerged in public consciousness in the 1890s in India as state officials, missionaries and âupperâcaste landlords, among others, struggled to understood the situation of Dalits (those subordinated populations once...