This book analyzes the ways in which organizations and individuals in India grappled with and contested definitions of Democracy and Unity in the decades directly preceding and following independent Indian statehood.
The All India Scheduled Castes Federation and the All India Women\'s Conference are used as case studies to explore Indian Dalit and women activists\' attempts to reconceptualize universal citizenship, Indian identity, dissent, and principled democr.
This book analyzes the ways in which organizations and individuals in India grappled with and contested definitions of Democracy and Unity in the decades directly preceding and following independent Indian statehood