About the Book

The 2002 Gujarat riots witnessed the rise of a spate of writings on related issues in India as well as abroad. The present volume, though deals with the same subject, adds some newer dimensions to its understanding. These include an analysis of the spread of these riots; contents, causes and nature of violence; actors and agencies perpetrating and facilitating its sustenance; response of tribals and dalits to these events; socio-political determinants of perpetuating as well as thwarting the effects of such riots and the cognitive construction of communal images among the rural population in Central Gujarat during the aftermath of these unprecedented riots in the State.

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About the Author / Editor

Lancy Lobo is a doctorate in sociology from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. He is now the Director, Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara. Earlier, he also served as Director, Centre for Social Studies, Surat. He has conducted extensive studies on dalits, tribals, OBCs and minorities in rural and urban Gujarat. He has authored five books and many articles for professional journals. He was an International Fellow at the Woodstock Centre, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. during 1999-2000.

Biswaroop Das is Director, Centre for Social Studies, Surat. He has written extensively on issues related to regional and urban planning, city slums, urban poverty, NGOs, rehabilitation of displaced people and micro-finance. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Queen Elizabeth House, International Development Centre, University of Oxford, UK during 1997. Author of seven books, twenty research monographs, scores of articles and reviews in academic journals and edited volumes, currently, he is working on various aspects associated with the rehabilitation of disaster-affected people.

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