DALITS IN DRAVIDIAN LAND
S. Viswanathan 2005 Chennai Navayana Publishing
Compilation of 52 articles by S. Viswanathan
that appeared in Frontline Magazine in the period
1994 through 2004 reporting on violence and
oppression against Dalits in Tamilnadu
UNTOUCHABILITY IN RURAL INDIA,
Ghanshyam Shah et al. 2006 New Delhi Sage
Publications
Statistically detailed and exhaustive
sociological study of the persistance of
untouchability practices in rural village India
VIRAMMA: Life of an
Untouchable
Viramma, Josiane Racine and Jean-Luc Racine, Trans
Will Hobson 1997 Unesco Publications
Autobiographical account of the life of a rural
untouchable women in Tamilnadu
UNTOUCHABLE CITIZENS: Dalit Movements
and Democratisation in Tamil Nadu
Hugo Gorringe 2005 New Delhi Sage Publiucations
Detailed account by an anthropologist of
contemporary Dalit political activity and movements
in Tamilnadu
THE WORLD OF THE
'UNTOUCHABLES'
Robert DeLiege Delhi 1997 Oxford University Press
Comprehensive Ethnography of a Dalit Community
in Southern Tamilnadu by a noted French
Anthropologist. Special focus on exploring the
problems of political leadership and internal
cooperation they face as they assert their
independence from the traditional authority of the
Dominant caste. Issues of Caste, Economy, Kinship
and Belief Systems are also explored in depth
THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN: Why The
West's Efforts To Aid The Rest Have Done So Much
Ill and So Little Good
William Easterly New York 2006 Penguin Books
Diagnostic analysis on the failure of western
aid programs to help the third-world poor
