Introduction
Reconstructing the World
The Background to Buddhism
The Dhamma
The Basic Teachings of Buddhism
Transitoriness and Transformations
Buddhist Civilisation
The Defeat of Buddhism in India
After Buddhism
The Bhakti Movements
Colonial Challenges, Indian Responses and Buddhist Revival
Navayana Buddhism and the Modern Age
Conclusion
Dr. Gail Omvedt has been living in India since 1978, became an
Indian citizen in 1983, and works as a freelance writer and
development consultant. She has also worked actively with various
social movements including the Dalit and anti-caste movements,
farmers’ movements, environmental movement and especially with
rural women.
Besides having undertaken many research projects, Dr Omvedt has
been a consultant for FAO, UNDP and NOVIB and has served as a Dr
Ambedkar Chair Professor at NISWASS in Orissa, a Professor of
Sociology at the University of Pune and an Asian Guest Professor at
the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen. She is currently
a Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and
Research Director of the Krantivir Trust.
A prolific writer, Gail Omvedt has published a large number of
books including Dalit Visions (1975), Violence against Women: New
Theories and New Movements in India (1991) and Dalits and
Democractic Revolution (1994) besides having translated Growing up
Untouchable in India: A Dalit Autobiography. She is currently
engaged in translating Tukaram, considered to be the greatest
Marathi writer of all time.
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