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History, community and identity: an interpretation of Dalibai.(Critical essay)

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In recent years there has been a qualitative and progressive change in Dalit consciousness. This has resulted in Dalit assertion. Apart from mobilizing masses for political power, Dalits are now trying to reconstruct Dalit culture, literature and history so that they can claim for their identities. The present article intends to trace the process of formation of identity of the Meghwal, a Dalit community of western Rajasthan. The process of identity formation of the Meghwal community has been traced through the reading of oral traditions, and the written literature especially one by Swami Gokul Das titled "Meghwal Itehas" (History of Meghwals) written in the ...

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