Religio-Cultural Changes and Continuities

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The volume deals with the socio-political background of the Telangana region and focuses on the religio-cultural changes and continuities of the Dalits in the region. Dr. Pramod Rao examines the nature and pattern of conversion movements among Dalits in the region and why they occurred. He deals with caste distinctions within the church and the beliefs of the Christian Dalits including their pre-conversion beliefs and customs—their belief in female deities and spirits, their ritual practices of the life cycle, and domestic ceremonies. He takes up the continuing practices among the two communities in Andhra Pradesh, the Malas and the Madigas.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Pramod Rao

Pramod Rao holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the Regional Engineering College, Rourkela. He has 35 years of varied industrial experience. He started his career with Voltas Ltd., where he worked in the marketing division for 18 years and held various senior managerial positions. For the next 17 years he co-founded and ran his own enterprises. He co-founded â€˜Raaga Vacations', based at Connecticut, USA and 'BSO', based at Mumbai, India. These firms were involved in tourism marketing business. Later, he co-founded and was Managing Director of 'Glenridge Executives Center Pvt. Ltd.' at Bangalore which offered ready-to-use, fully furnished offices and allied services to MNCs, wanting to begin their operations at Bangalore. He currently heads Icfai Business School Research Centre, Pune.