Ronki Ram
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3686711 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ronki Ram |
| NOMBRES | Ronki |
| APELLIDO | Ram |
| FIRMA | RAM R |
| AFILIACIONES | Panjab University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5952-873X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 76 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2004 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Serving for the ‘spark of the ‘divine’
Seva (voluntary selfless service) occupies a central place in Sikhi. Introduced by Baba Nanak as a Sacha Sauda (true business) to feed the needy and roaming ascetics, it has become a permanent feature of Sikh philosophy and practice. This paper examines seva in Sikhi by analyzing its various dimensions and comparing it with other similar but inherently different conceptions in other religions, while tracing its origin and growth during the histor…
Shahid (Martyr) and Shahadat (Martyrdom) in Sikhism
Intertwined Critical Realms
Deras are generally perceived as an alternative socio-religious space frequented mostly by lower castes and economically weaker sections of society. They promise to make a significant difference to the lives of such vulnerable sections of society by lending them much needed spiritual, moral, and social support. Within the sprawling premises of Deras, downtrodden find a welcoming 'counter-public' enriched with social capital, which offers them an …
Making sense of agrarian distress and peasant struggles in Punjab
This paper situates peasant struggles in a larger context to unravel the consequences of the accumulated agrarian distress in Punjab. The Punjab peasantry has a rich legacy of resistance against the injustice of the statecraft. The all-inclusive character of the present peasant movement, to engage people across castes, classes, creeds, gender, regions, religions and ethnicity is an outcome of this legacy. Beyond these features, the significance o…
Can ‘Territoriality’ be Social? Interrogating the ‘Political’ of Dalit Social Inclusion in India
Social exclusion of Dalits in India is often understood in terms of discriminatory social structures embedded in oppressive cultural domains of pure versus polluted. Territorial demarcation of Dalits from upper/dominant castes is yet another way of perpetuating and sustaining social exclusion while segregating them in separate neighbourhoods built on the Varna principle of graded social inequality. However, over the last few years, Dalits have ga…
The genealogy of a dalit faith
This article aims to explore the rise of the Ravidassia Dharm and the emerging contours of caste conflicts between some sections of dalits and the followers of the Sikh religion in contemporary Punjab. It is based on the premise that the Ravidassia Dharm is a dalit response to social exclusion emanating from oppressive social structures coupled with the persistence of acute landlessness among dalits. It is further argued that the Ravidassia Dharm…
Structures of Social Exclusion, Dera Culture and Dalit Social Mobility in Contemporary East Punjab
Dalit social exclusion emanates from structures of cultural differentiation and spatial demarcation. The structures of cultural differentiation are entrenched in the oppressive social system of caste hierarchy. They are further fortified with the seamless social boundaries of segregated Dalit neighbourhoods. If graded caste hierarchy reduced Dalits to the lowest rung on the scale of social status, their segregated neighbourhoods ghettoized them w…
Reading Neoliberal Market Economy with Jawaharlal Nehru
This article intends to explore how neoliberal market economy impacts social democracy in globalising India and examines its implications for the millions of Dalits. It argues that the institution of social democracy, which flourished in India during the Nehruvian era of mixed economy and welfare state, seems to be fast approaching its demise under the ongoing process of neoliberalism. It further argues that the fast-expanding domain of the corpo…
Beyond Conversion and Sanskritisation
Given different socio-economic structures, and acute landlessness among the Dalits of East Punjab, the agendas of conversion to neo-Buddhism and sanskritisation, the two most popular Dalit social mobility models in India, have failed to strike a cord among the Dalits in this border state of northwest India. But that does not imply that Dalits of Punjab have failed in improving their social status. On the contrary, they have been very vocal in the…
Ravidass Deras and Social Protest
This paper argues that Dalit consciousness in Punjab emerged against the backdrop of the teachings of Ravidass, an untouchable saint-poet of the North Indian Bhakti movement who presented a middle path between assimilation and radical separatism for the construction of a separate Dalit identity. Dera Sach Khand Ballan, one of the most popular Ravidass Deras in Punjab, played an important role in concretizing this path by chiseling the markers of …
Untouchability in India with a Difference
Recent caste clashes in Punjab have destroyed the myth that untouchability is alien to this part of India and indicate that the downtrodden no longer can be subjected to social oppression and humiliation. A manifestation of Dalit assertion, these clashes have sharpened the issue of Dalit human rights
Untouchability, Dalit consciousness, and the Ad Dharm movement in Punjab
Recent Dalit assertion in Punjab ought to be traced back to the Ad Dharm movement of the 1920s, which emerged along with several similar movements in a number of regions in India. The movement aimed at carving out a distinct identity for the untouchables, independent of the Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. What made this movement particularly important was its purely low-caste character and the vehemence of its struggle against the structures of social…
Beyond Conversion and Sanskritisation
Given different socio-economic structures, and acute landlessness among the Dalits of East Punjab, the agendas of conversion to neo-Buddhism and sanskritisation, the two most popular Dalit social mobility models in India, have failed to strike a cord among the Dalits in this border state of northwest India. But that does not imply that Dalits of Punjab have failed in improving their social status. On the contrary, they have been very vocal in the…
Untouchability, Dalit consciousness, and the Ad Dharm movement in Punjab
Recent Dalit assertion in Punjab ought to be traced back to the Ad Dharm movement of the 1920s, which emerged along with several similar movements in a number of regions in India. The movement aimed at carving out a distinct identity for the untouchables, independent of the Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. What made this movement particularly important was its purely low-caste character and the vehemence of its struggle against the structures of social…
Ravidass Deras and Social Protest
This paper argues that Dalit consciousness in Punjab emerged against the backdrop of the teachings of Ravidass, an untouchable saint-poet of the North Indian Bhakti movement who presented a middle path between assimilation and radical separatism for the construction of a separate Dalit identity. Dera Sach Khand Ballan, one of the most popular Ravidass Deras in Punjab, played an important role in concretizing this path by chiseling the markers of …
Untouchability in India with a Difference
Recent caste clashes in Punjab have destroyed the myth that untouchability is alien to this part of India and indicate that the downtrodden no longer can be subjected to social oppression and humiliation. A manifestation of Dalit assertion, these clashes have sharpened the issue of Dalit human rights
Structures of Social Exclusion, Dera Culture and Dalit Social Mobility in Contemporary East Punjab
Dalit social exclusion emanates from structures of cultural differentiation and spatial demarcation. The structures of cultural differentiation are entrenched in the oppressive social system of caste hierarchy. They are further fortified with the seamless social boundaries of segregated Dalit neighbourhoods. If graded caste hierarchy reduced Dalits to the lowest rung on the scale of social status, their segregated neighbourhoods ghettoized them w…
The genealogy of a dalit faith
This article aims to explore the rise of the Ravidassia Dharm and the emerging contours of caste conflicts between some sections of dalits and the followers of the Sikh religion in contemporary Punjab. It is based on the premise that the Ravidassia Dharm is a dalit response to social exclusion emanating from oppressive social structures coupled with the persistence of acute landlessness among dalits. It is further argued that the Ravidassia Dharm…
Making sense of agrarian distress and peasant struggles in Punjab
This paper situates peasant struggles in a larger context to unravel the consequences of the accumulated agrarian distress in Punjab. The Punjab peasantry has a rich legacy of resistance against the injustice of the statecraft. The all-inclusive character of the present peasant movement, to engage people across castes, classes, creeds, gender, regions, religions and ethnicity is an outcome of this legacy. Beyond these features, the significance o…
Intertwined Critical Realms
Deras are generally perceived as an alternative socio-religious space frequented mostly by lower castes and economically weaker sections of society. They promise to make a significant difference to the lives of such vulnerable sections of society by lending them much needed spiritual, moral, and social support. Within the sprawling premises of Deras, downtrodden find a welcoming 'counter-public' enriched with social capital, which offers them an …
Untouchability in India with a Difference
Recent caste clashes in Punjab have destroyed the myth that untouchability is alien to this part of India and indicate that the downtrodden no longer can be subjected to social oppression and humiliation. A manifestation of Dalit assertion, these clashes have sharpened the issue of Dalit human rights
Untouchability, Dalit consciousness, and the Ad Dharm movement in Punjab
Recent Dalit assertion in Punjab ought to be traced back to the Ad Dharm movement of the 1920s, which emerged along with several similar movements in a number of regions in India. The movement aimed at carving out a distinct identity for the untouchables, independent of the Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. What made this movement particularly important was its purely low-caste character and the vehemence of its struggle against the structures of social…
Ravidass Deras and Social Protest
This paper argues that Dalit consciousness in Punjab emerged against the backdrop of the teachings of Ravidass, an untouchable saint-poet of the North Indian Bhakti movement who presented a middle path between assimilation and radical separatism for the construction of a separate Dalit identity. Dera Sach Khand Ballan, one of the most popular Ravidass Deras in Punjab, played an important role in concretizing this path by chiseling the markers of …
Reading Neoliberal Market Economy with Jawaharlal Nehru
This article intends to explore how neoliberal market economy impacts social democracy in globalising India and examines its implications for the millions of Dalits. It argues that the institution of social democracy, which flourished in India during the Nehruvian era of mixed economy and welfare state, seems to be fast approaching its demise under the ongoing process of neoliberalism. It further argues that the fast-expanding domain of the corpo…
Beyond Conversion and Sanskritisation
Given different socio-economic structures, and acute landlessness among the Dalits of East Punjab, the agendas of conversion to neo-Buddhism and sanskritisation, the two most popular Dalit social mobility models in India, have failed to strike a cord among the Dalits in this border state of northwest India. But that does not imply that Dalits of Punjab have failed in improving their social status. On the contrary, they have been very vocal in the…
Structures of Social Exclusion, Dera Culture and Dalit Social Mobility in Contemporary East Punjab
Dalit social exclusion emanates from structures of cultural differentiation and spatial demarcation. The structures of cultural differentiation are entrenched in the oppressive social system of caste hierarchy. They are further fortified with the seamless social boundaries of segregated Dalit neighbourhoods. If graded caste hierarchy reduced Dalits to the lowest rung on the scale of social status, their segregated neighbourhoods ghettoized them w…
The genealogy of a dalit faith
This article aims to explore the rise of the Ravidassia Dharm and the emerging contours of caste conflicts between some sections of dalits and the followers of the Sikh religion in contemporary Punjab. It is based on the premise that the Ravidassia Dharm is a dalit response to social exclusion emanating from oppressive social structures coupled with the persistence of acute landlessness among dalits. It is further argued that the Ravidassia Dharm…
Can ‘Territoriality’ be Social? Interrogating the ‘Political’ of Dalit Social Inclusion in India
Social exclusion of Dalits in India is often understood in terms of discriminatory social structures embedded in oppressive cultural domains of pure versus polluted. Territorial demarcation of Dalits from upper/dominant castes is yet another way of perpetuating and sustaining social exclusion while segregating them in separate neighbourhoods built on the Varna principle of graded social inequality. However, over the last few years, Dalits have ga…
Making sense of agrarian distress and peasant struggles in Punjab
This paper situates peasant struggles in a larger context to unravel the consequences of the accumulated agrarian distress in Punjab. The Punjab peasantry has a rich legacy of resistance against the injustice of the statecraft. The all-inclusive character of the present peasant movement, to engage people across castes, classes, creeds, gender, regions, religions and ethnicity is an outcome of this legacy. Beyond these features, the significance o…
Intertwined Critical Realms
Deras are generally perceived as an alternative socio-religious space frequented mostly by lower castes and economically weaker sections of society. They promise to make a significant difference to the lives of such vulnerable sections of society by lending them much needed spiritual, moral, and social support. Within the sprawling premises of Deras, downtrodden find a welcoming 'counter-public' enriched with social capital, which offers them an …
Shahid (Martyr) and Shahadat (Martyrdom) in Sikhism
Serving for the ‘spark of the ‘divine’
Seva (voluntary selfless service) occupies a central place in Sikhi. Introduced by Baba Nanak as a Sacha Sauda (true business) to feed the needy and roaming ascetics, it has become a permanent feature of Sikh philosophy and practice. This paper examines seva in Sikhi by analyzing its various dimensions and comparing it with other similar but inherently different conceptions in other religions, while tracing its origin and growth during the histor…
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