SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER; CLAIMING POWER FROM BELOW: Manu Bhagavan and Anne Feldhaus — Editors; Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi-110001. Rs. 625 each. The two volumes of essays under review published in honour of Eleanor Zelliot, a Professor of Carleton College and an eminent researcher in Asian Studies, deal with areas in which the latter has made substantial contribution to the expansion of empirical as well as theoretical knowledge. Oppressive structures The essays in the first one Speaking Truth to Power, focus on the broad question of religion and its role in the constitution of the caste-based power relations in India. The other collection, Claiming Power from Below explores from different angles, issues relating to Dalit politics and literature. The opening set of essays in the...
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