ashok _ wrote [at 12:35 PM 12/14/2007] :
You mentioned that narratives for "mochis", "darjis" and "chamars" dont exist.
Isnt that a flimsy presumption ? Then you have gone on to to make
various conclusions,
why these narratives dont exist. I am sure if you included the
vernacular many such
narratives would turn up, not necessarily written by themselves but
by other people.
Injecting some possibly relevant data points into this discussion.
A cousin of mine has done sociological studies with adivasis various
other marginalised communities. I'm not able to find good references
to her work online - [1] may lead interested parties to more data,
but can ask her to expand if needed.
Another cousin has also done some related work [2].
Udhay
[1] http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/PersonDetail.asp?personID=200
and http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/node/4768
[2] http://profs-polisci.mcgill.ca/subramanian/selectedwritings.htm
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