Contents Preface by the Series Editors 7 Acknowledgements 9 1. Introduction Ghanshyam Shah 13 2. Nine Theses on Social Movements Andre Gunder Frank and Maria Fuentes 32 3. Cyclical Movement towards the 'Eternal'-'Nine Theses of Social Movements': A Critique D.N. Dhanagare andj. John 56 4. Masses, Classes and the State Rajni Kothari 68 5. Social Origins of the Peasant Insurrection in Telengana, 1946-51 D.N. Dhanagare 91 6. Naxalbari and the Left Movement Sumanta Banerjee 125 7. Farmers' Movements in Contemporary India Dipankar Gupta 193 8. Organized Labour and Militant Unionism: The Bombay Textile Workers' Strike of 1982 Salim Lakha 230 9. Tribal Solidarity Movements in India: A Review Surajit Sinha 251 10. Tribal Autonomy Movements in Chhotanagpur K.S. Singh 267 11. Ambedkar and After: The Dalit Movement in India Gail Omvedt 293 12. Taking Stock: Women's Movement and the State Lakshmi Lingam 310 13. Direct Action in India: A Study of Gujarat and Bihar Agitations Ghanshyam Shah 335 14. Little Nationalism Turned Chauvinist: Assam's Anti-Foreigner Upsurge, 1979-80 Amalendu Guha 361 15. 'God Must Be Liberated': A Hindu Liberation Movement in Ayodhya Peter van der Veer 402 16. Chipko: Social History of an 'Environmental' Movement Ramachandra Guha 423 Select Readings 455 About the Editor and Contributors 460 Index 463