BOOK CONTENTS

Terminology

Introduction

Leading Light

1. Caste System: Unparalleled Discrimination
- Caste System; Origin, Four Varna System
- Classical Outcastes
- Classical Untouchables
- Caste Code (Rules)
- Heirarchy
- Enforcement Of Caste System
- Perpetuation Of Caste; marriage
- Permanent Caste Status
-Untenable Justification
-A Casteist National Psyche

2. Dalits, A Crushed, Broken, Torn People
-Dalit Identity:Who are Dalits?
-The Plight Of The Dalits
-Prevalence of -Untouchability And Discrimination
-Healthcare Status
-Political Status
-Legitimate Demands
-What is The Solution?
-The Upper Caste -Apprehension Regarding -Conversion
-The Other Side

3. Hindus By Cooption
-Never Were Hindus
-Nothing In Common With Hindu Gods
-Expedient Hindus
-Dalits And Proselytization
-Dalitbahujans Must Take Their Leap Of Faith

4. Dalit Experience Of Pain
-Covert Slavery
-Modern Day Atrocities
-Increased Level Of Atrocities
-Role of State

5. Dalit Women Face The Worst
-Thrice Wronged
-Pathetic Status Quo
-No Justice
-Most Neglected, Untapped -Potential
-Importance Of Christian Role

6. Uneducated Because Of Historical Wrongs
-Historically Excluded
-Present Day Impediments To Education
-Core Need, Aspiration And Evangelical Effort
-Ideological Model For -Christian Dalit Education

7. Economic Progress Eludes Dalits
-Exploitative Economic Order
-Dignity Of Work Destroyed
-Coercive Hegemony
-Modern Day Economic Plight
-Bonded Labor
-Unemployment Rate
-Additional Causes For Present Unemployment And Poverty
-Dalit Middle Class: An Emancipation Model
-A Pressing Need

8. Even Non-Hindus Suffer Caste
-If You’re A Dalit Christian, A Paragraph Makes The Difference
-Dalit Muslims Are ‘Arzal’
-Dalit Sikhs Build Their Own Gurudwaras

9. In Search Of A Spiritual Place
-Dalit Movement Through The Ages
-Hindutva: A Counter Movement
- Need For Action

10. God Is A Dalit
-Inevitability Of Dalit Theology
-God Is A Dalit
-Mixed Response
-Danger Of Exclusivity
-The Indianization Trap

11. Christian Role In Dalit Emancipation
-Low Caste Church
-Evangelicals – Spiritually Emancipating the people
-Catholics – Testimony Through Deeds
-Mainline Protestants Doing Their Bit
-Role Of Rest Of Civil Society
-Attempts To End Dalit Emancipation

12. Anti-Christian Violence And The Dalit Connection
-Uniform Pattern Of Violence
-Causes of Anti-Christian Violence
-Two Objectives, Little Success
-Role Of Law And Oder Machinery And Government
-The Perpetrators
-Talibanizing India

13. Truth About Dalit Conversion
-Conversion To Escape Caste
-Conversions Of Faith
-Irresponsibility Publicity
-Age Of Personal Evangelism
-Charity Begins At Home

14. Impediments To Dalit Emancipation
-India: A Diverse Nation
-Principal Impediment
-They Keep Casteism Alive
-Turning A Blind Eye
-Vested Interests

15. Dalits At The Crossroads
-Forced To Choose
-Political Consolidation
-A Call To Arms
-The Conversion Option
-The Way Forward

16. References

17. Annexure

- Arithmetic Of Possible Education Models