Publications

Articles (Peer-Reviewed)

Chalwadi, R. 2023. “Caste Solidarity and Religiosity among Mumbai Dalits during the COVIDPandemic.” South Asia Research 44(1): 41-57.

 

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Chalwadi, R. “Who Says the Pigs Are Dirty?”: Valmikis and the Denaturalising of Non-Human Animal Hierarchy”. 

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Chalwadi, R. “I am Hindu for the Public”: Dalit Religious Performances in Mumbai’s Public Life.”

Book Chapters (Peer-reviewed)

Chalwadi, R. 2025. “Indian Civil Sphere and The Question of Caste: The Case of Hathras Movement.” In Alexander, J and Waghmore, S (Ed.). The Indian Civil Sphere (pp. 54-69) Polity Press. 

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Chalwadi, R. 2023. “(Re)Constructing Spatial and Social Relations: Valmikis of Mumbai and Their Everyday Challenge to Caste.” In Gorringe, H and Bhoi, D (Ed.). Caste in Everyday Life: Experience and Affect in Indian Society (pp. 293-308). Palgrave Macmillan.

Book Reviews

Chalwadi, R. 2019. Review of Sambaiah Gundimeda, Dalit Politics in Contemporary India (Abingdon: Routledge, 2016). Journal of South Asian Development, 13(3): 361-64.

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Chalwadi, R. 2018. Review of Ramnarayana S. Rawat and K. Satyanarayana (Ed.), Dalit Studies (London: Duke University Press, 2016). Social Change, 48(3): 476-78.

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Public Writings

Chalwadi, R. 2021. “Notes on Compassion and Debt in the Field.” Economic and Political Weekly, 56(50): 63-64.

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Chalwadi, R & Ingole, P. 2023. To make educational campuses more democratic, address systematic caste bias. Hindustan Times.

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Chalwadi, R & Swaroop, K. 2020. Valmikis protest is not limited to seeking justice for victim; they want caste system to go away. Firstpost.com.

Chalwadi, R. 2017. As Politicians Celebrate, Behold the Betrayal of Ambedkar and Dalits. The Wire.