CONTENTS:-
I. Ambedkar's thoughts and philosophy:
1. B.R. Ambedkar and the reorganization of Indian states: critical appreciation / T.K. Oommen.
2. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: critique and reconstruction / Y.B. Damle.
3. Liberty, equality, community: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's vision of a new social order / Gail Omvedt.
4. Ambedkar abroad / Eleanor Zelliot.
II. Dalits and their assertion:
5. Towards understanding the Modern Dalit Movement / John C.B. Webster.
6. Beyond "untouchability"?: challenging the primacy of the untouchables-caste Hindu divide / Simon R. Charsley.
III. Ambedkar, Dalits and Buddhism:
7. Buddhist religion and indigenous cultures: some historical observations in regard to modern myths on new and Old Indian Buddhism / Edmund Weber.
8. Engaged Buddhism and the roots of violence / Christopher S. Queen.
9. From Bhakti to Buddhism: case of Dalits in North India / Maren Bellwinkel Schempp.
