Dalit Ecologies

Mukul Sharma is Professor of Environmental Studies at Ashoka University, India. He is the author of Caste & Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics (Oxford University Press, 2017), Green and Saffron: Hindu Nationalism and Indian Environmental Politics (Ranikhet: Permanent Black, 2012), and Human Rights in a Globalised World: An Indian Diary (Delhi: Sage, 2010). His research interests lie at the intersection of ecology, religion, politics, and media in the making of environmental politics in India and South Asia. He has been the South Asia Director of Climate Parliament.

• Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature: 'My World Is a Different World': Caste and Dalit Eco-Literary Traditions; 3. Culture: 'God of Humans': Dina-Bhadri, Dalit Folktales and Environmental Movements; 4. Rivers and Commons: Titash and Malos; 5. Anthropocene: 'Modern' Chandigarh, Nek Chand, Rock Garden and Dalit bahujan Anthropocenes; 6. Industry: Caste of Labour, Dalits, Industrial Ecosystem and Environmental Politics; 7. Technology: Tanneries, Tanners and Technological Injustices; 8. Climate Change: Weather, Climate, Caste Economy and Dalit Experiences; 9. Caste and Race: Environment Justice and Intersections of Dalit-Black Ecologies; Bibliography.