Dalits in Modern India: Vision and Values

S M Michael is Reader at the Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai, and Honorary Director, Institute of Indian Culture, Mumbai. He is a member of the visiting faculty at the Anthropos Institute, Bonn, and Magdeburg University, both in Germany. Dr Michael is a consultant to the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Inter- Religious Dialogue as well as Chairman of the Bombay Archdiocesan Commission for Inter-Religious Dialogue. His published work includes The Cultural Context of Evangelization in India (1980), Anthropology as a Historical Science: Essays in Honour of Stephen Fuchs (co-edited, 1984), Culture & Urbanization (1989), Anthropology of Conversion in India (1998), Culture and Nationalism: Clarifying the Cultural Reality of India (co-edited with Leela D’Souza and Rowena Robinson, 2000), Globalization and Social Movements: Struggle for a Humane Society (co-edited, 2003), Communal Harmony, Secularism and Nation Building (2005), and about 60 articles in national and international journals.