Table of Contents

1. Changing Perspectives on Adivasi Predicaments: Gandhi, Verrier Elwin and Amritlal Thakkar 2. Impact of Gandhian Ideology on the Tribal Movements of Chota Nagpur in Twentieth Century 3. Conflicting Forces behind the Jharkhand Movement: Gandhi and Jaipal Singh 4. Disillusionment and Disappointment: Evaluation of the Role of Gandhi in Consolidating Adivasi Movements in Chota Nagpur Region 5. Adivasi Movements after Gandhi: The Relevance of Gandhism in Twenty-first-Century Adivasi Movement—The Ideological Shifts 6. A Postscript: Gandhi in Adivasi Folk Traditions

About the Author

Debasree De is an Assistant Professor, Department of History, Maharaja Srischandra College, Kolkata, West Bengal.