Papers by DEVI Prasad YADAV
Kalpaz Publications, 2019
Post-Ambedkarite movements have given a new legacy to Dalit-Bahujan politics, and Uttar Pradesh (... more Post-Ambedkarite movements have given a new legacy to Dalit-Bahujan politics, and Uttar Pradesh (UP) had witnessed a political shift that emerged during the 1990s. On the one hand, a socialist leader, Mulayam Singh Yadav along with few other leaders formed the Samajwadi Party (1992) in U.P. with the principle of ‘equality’ or ideology of ‘socialist society.’ The party functions with a ‘secular’ and a ‘democratic outlook.’ On the other hand, keeping in mind the ideologies (for uplifting the marginal sections) of great social reformers like B.R. Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, Narayana Guru, Periyar E.V. Ramasamy and Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was formed by a visionary leader Kanshi Ram in 1984, and later, led by Mayawati Prabhu Das (popularly known as Bahen-ji [sister]). The crux of this ethnographic investigation is to map out the inter-connected relationship among caste politics, religion, and relevance of the thought of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. The study is carried out through an analysis of socio-political activism of the last three decades among the Yadav community. In addition, the data is collected from primary sources through the interview and the participant observation to understand the grounded reality at village level while secondary sources like local magazines of Yadav community, website (www.yadavhistory.com), blogs, Facebook, etc. are used for an in-depth understanding of the legacy of iconic figures B.R. Ambedkar, R.M. Lohia, and Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The broader objective of this paper is to map out significant political consequences from the col... more The broader objective of this paper is to map out significant political consequences from the colonial period to post-independence as well as to retrace about major academic debates on the multiple dimensions of caste in rural society. The paper also deals with few new insights. Few examples have been drawn from Tandawa village of Sultanpur district in Eastern Uttar Pradesh. It appears that there have been concerning ‘political consequences’ which have been affecting rural India over a period. Therefore, we need to address them with a new approach. The fresh idea of the present paper is to understand how ‘rural studies’ of India look at those socio-political dimensions, and extend those concerning knowledge production in spatial or holistic context with a synchronic or a diachronic approach. These impute can be traced back from the British Indian government to till present regime.
The present study attempts to articulate the relation between social reciprocity and 'village exo... more The present study attempts to articulate the relation between social reciprocity and 'village exogamy' in two villages namely Rajanpur and Tandwa of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The idea of village exogamy incorporates a social arrangement with local setting in which making marital relation is prohibited for the people. This social arrangement develops a kind of bilateral relationship among villagers by some socio-cultural practices in some span of time. Thus, some caste-based practices can be seen among villagers where they use some symbolic terms to keep dominance over other castes or for self-defense but symbiosis remain the same. In order to understand intra-caste relation, the paper also examines 'Ahir' caste who demonstrates a new identity, as so-called 'Yadav'. The analysis predicts that resources available in Rajanpur village (Sultanpur district) are highly concentrated in the hand of Yadavs while in Tandawa village resources are in the hands of Thakurs and Yadavs. Therefore, a brief description has been made of both villages in which few changes in leadership pattern as well as in multiple social stratums have been counted. † ICSSR, Doctoral Fellow
The present study attempts to articulate the relation between social reciprocity and 'village exo... more The present study attempts to articulate the relation between social reciprocity and 'village exogamy' in two villages namely Rajanpur and Tandwa of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The idea of village exogamy incorporates a social arrangement with local setting in which making marital relation is prohibited for the people. This social arrangement develops a kind of bilateral relationship among villagers by some socio-cultural practices in some span of time. Thus, some caste-based practices can be seen among villagers where they use some symbolic terms to keep dominance over other castes or for self-defense but symbiosis remain the same. In order to understand intra-caste relation, the paper also examines 'Ahir' caste who demonstrates a new identity, as so-called 'Yadav'. The analysis predicts that resources available in Rajanpur village (Sultanpur district) are highly concentrated in the hand of Yadavs while in Tandawa village resources are in the hands of Thakurs and Yadavs. Therefore, a brief description has been made of both villages in which few changes in leadership pattern as well as in multiple social stratums have been counted. † ICSSR, Doctoral Fellow
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