The book premises that despite the long history of violence and discrimination against Dalits, their lives have transformed with the political and economic shifts in the country over the last three decades. It addresses these changes and interrogates the major aspects of Dalit experience associated with them.

This 10 Volume Set Covers A Wide Variety Of Themes Ranging From The Caste System In India To The Spread Of Buddhism To The Biographical Speeches Of Some Of The Eminent Dalit Leaders And Would Go A Long Way In Establishing The Identity Of The Dalits On A Firm Footing And In Eradicating The Notion That The Dalits Occupy An Imperior Position In Society. Vol. 1: Caste System In India; Vol. 2: Buddha: A Revolutionary And Reformer; Vol. 3: Phases Of Dalit Revolt; Vol. 4: The Ambedkar Era; Vol. 5: Jagjivan Ram And His Times; Vol. 6: Dalits And The Ideology Of Revolt; Vol. 7: K.R. Narayanan: Crusader Of Social Justice; Vol. 8: Dalit Leaders; Vol. 9: Dalits And Their Future; Vol. 10: Untouchability And The Law.

The complete alienation of Dalits from resources like land, water, and agricultural implements has led to the collective demand for an equal share in productivity. This book discusses the range of socio-economic and cultural problems faced by the Dalit community. The movement advancing the rights of Dalits took place both before and after independence, however they varied in intensity, and concerned land ownership and fair wages, self-respect, social dignity, and the demand for equal rights. This movement appeared to have significantly changed the very mindset and attitude of upper caste people to restrain themselves and not to resort to any discrimination or humiliation of Dalits. However, this seems to have been only a temporary phenomenon, and the practice of suppression and humiliation continues today. This book explores the circumstances of Dalits in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, and the current efforts attempting to achieve more social equality for the caste here.

The Indian English Novel of the New Millennium is a book of sixteen pieces of scholarly critique on recent Indian novels written in the English language; some on specific literary trends in fictional writing and others on individual texts published in the twenty-first century by contemporary Indian novelists such as Amitav Ghosh, Kiran Desai, Aravind Adiga, K. N. Daruwalla, Upamanyu Chatterjee, David Davidar, Esterine Kire Iralu, Siddharth Chowdhury and Chetan Bhagat. The volume focuses closely on the defining features of the different emerging forms of the Indian English novel, such as narratives of female subjectivity, crime fiction, terror novels, science fiction, campus novels, animal novels, graphic novels, disability texts, LGBT voices, dalit writing, slumdog narratives, eco-narratives, narratives of myth and fantasy, philosophical novels, historical novels, postcolonial and multicultural narratives, and Diaspora novels. A select bibliography of recent Indian English novels from 2001–2013 has been given especially for the convenience of the researchers. The book will be of great interest and benefit to college and university students and teachers of Indian English literature.