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	'''Born''' 29 July 1949		'''Valerian Rodrigues''' (born 29 July 1949) is an Indian political scientist. He is known for his influential work on [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]],<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Rodrigues\|first1=Valerian\|title=The Essential Writings of B.R.Ambedkar\|date=2003\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-0-19-567055-4 \|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-essential-writings-of-br-ambedkar-9780195670554?cc=gb&lang=en&}}</ref> and for his formulations of themes in Modern Indian Political Thought.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Rodrigues\|first1=Valerian\|title=Reading Texts and Traditions: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate\|journal=Economic and Political Weekly\|date=2011\|url=http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/02/special-articles/reading-texts-and-traditions-ambedkar-gandhi-debate.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Rodrigues\|first1=Valerian\|title=In Search of an Anchor: Muslim Thought in Modern India\|journal=Economic and Political Weekly\|date=2011\|url=http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/49/special-articles/search-anchor-muslim-thought-modern-india.html}}</ref> Rodrigues has made substantial contributions to the debate on the working of the [[Indian Parliament]],<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Rodrigues\|first1=Valerian\|title=The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work\|date=2011\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=978-0-19-806772-6\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gtz2RAAACAAJ}}</ref> constitutionalism in India,<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Bhargava\|first1=Rajeev\|title=Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution\|date=2008\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-569255-6\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xY9AQAAIAAJ}}</ref> and agrarian politics in India.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal\|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/25/special-articles/political-power-and-democratic-enablement.html\|title=Political Power and Democratic Enablement\|date=5 June 2015\|journal=Economic and Political Weekly\|volume=49\|issue=25\|pages=7–8\|via=www.epw.in}}</ref> As a Professor at the Centre for Political Studies at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU), New Delhi,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/sss/cps/FormerFaculty.htm\|title=JNU Faculty Directory}}</ref> he was popular for his lectures on Indian Political Thought and Intellectual History, and critically reading the same through political concepts of [[modernity]], [[secularism]] and [[nationalism]].
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	'''Valerian Rodrigues''' (born 1949) is an Indian political scientist. He is known for his influential work on [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]],<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Rodrigues\|first1=Valerian\|title=The Essential Writings of B.R.Ambedkar\|date=2003\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=New Delhi\|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-essential-writings-of-br-ambedkar-9780195670554?cc=gb&lang=en&}}</ref> and for his formulations of themes in Modern Indian Political Thought.<ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Rodrigues\|first1=Valerian\|title=Reading Texts and Traditions: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate\|journal=Economic and Political Weekly\|date=2011\|url=http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/02/special-articles/reading-texts-and-traditions-ambedkar-gandhi-debate.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal\|last1=Rodrigues\|first1=Valerian\|title=In Search of an Anchor: Muslim Thought in Modern India\|journal=Economic and Political Weekly\|date=2011\|url=http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/49/special-articles/search-anchor-muslim-thought-modern-india.html}}</ref> Rodrigues has made substantial contributions to the debate on the working of the [[Indian Parliament]],<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Rodrigues\|first1=Valerian\|title=The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work\|date=2011\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=~~9780198067726~~\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gtz2RAAACAAJ}}</ref> constitutionalism in India,<ref>{{cite book\|last1=Bhargava\|first1=Rajeev\|title=Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution\|date=2008\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=~~9780195692556~~\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xY9AQAAIAAJ}}</ref> and agrarian politics in India.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal\|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/25/special-articles/political-power-and-democratic-enablement.html\|title=Political Power and Democratic Enablement\|date=5 June 2015\|journal=Economic and Political Weekly\|volume=49\|issue=25\|pages=7–8\|via=www.epw.in}}</ref> As a Professor at the Centre for Political Studies at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU), New Delhi,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/sss/cps/FormerFaculty.htm\|title=JNU Faculty Directory}}</ref> he was popular for his lectures on Indian Political Thought and Intellectual History, and critically reading the same through political concepts of [[modernity]], [[secularism]] and [[nationalism]]. Before joining JNU, Rodrigues taught at the Department of Political Science at Mangalore University, Karnataka, India.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=93769\|title=Vice-President Ansari Releases Book by Mangalore's Prof V Rodrigues\|website=www.daijiworld.com}}</ref>

	He has held the first Ambedkar Chair at the [[Ambedkar University Delhi]], has been ICCR (Indian Council of Cultural Relations) Visiting Professor at the [[University of Erfurt]] Germany, Visiting Professor at the [[University of Würzburg]] Germany, Visiting Professor at [https://www.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University], Canada and Fellow at the [https://www.uni-erfurt.de/en/max-weber-kolleg/ Max Weber Center for Advanced Studies], Germany.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/public-docs/Max-Weber-Kolleg/6-pdfs/vortraege/2012-06-20_guest_lecture_rodrigues.pdf\|title=Democracy and Religious Minorities in India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10500\|title=Elections and Civil Society in India\|first=Valerian\|last=Rodrigues\|via=opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de}}</ref>

	~~Rodrigues is a regular political columnist and commentator with ''[https://www.thehindu.com/ The Hindu]'' and ''[https://indianexpress.com/ The Indian Express].''~~

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

	Rodrigues was born in Loretto, Bantwal Taluk, Karnataka.<ref name="auto1"/> He received his MA from the University of Pune, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. As a political activist in the 1970s, he was influential in securing land titles for landless farmers and farm workers of Coastal Karnataka under the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1974.<ref name="auto"/>		Rodrigues was born in Loretto, Bantwal Taluk, Karnataka.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web \|title=Vice-President Ansari Releases Book by Mangalore's Prof V Rodrigues \|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=93769 \|website=www.daijiworld.com}}</ref> He received his MA from the University of Pune, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. As a political activist in the 1970s, he was influential in securing land titles for landless farmers and farm workers of Coastal Karnataka under the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1974.<ref name="auto" />

	== ~~Academic career~~ ==		== Career ==
			Before joining JNU, Rodrigues taught at the Department of Political Science at [[Mangalore University]], Karnataka, India.<ref name="auto1" /> He has held the first Ambedkar Chair at the [[Ambedkar University Delhi]], has been ICCR (Indian Council of Cultural Relations) Visiting Professor at the [[University of Erfurt]] Germany, Visiting Professor at the [[University of Würzburg]] Germany, Visiting Professor at [https://www.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University], Canada and Fellow at the [https://www.uni-erfurt.de/en/max-weber-kolleg/ Max Weber Center for Advanced Studies], Germany.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Democracy and Religious Minorities in India \|url=https://www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/public-docs/Max-Weber-Kolleg/6-pdfs/vortraege/2012-06-20_guest_lecture_rodrigues.pdf \|access-date=27 April 2016 \|archive-date=12 August 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812082346/https://www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/public-docs/Max-Weber-Kolleg/6-pdfs/vortraege/2012-06-20_guest_lecture_rodrigues.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Rodrigues \|first=Valerian \|year=2014 \|title=Elections and Civil Society in India \|url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10500 \|journal=Würzburger Arbeitspapiere zur Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie (Waps); 4 \|doi=10.25972/OPUS-10500 \|via=opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de}}</ref> Rodrigues is a regular political columnist and commentator with ''[https://www.thehindu.com/ The Hindu]'' and ''[https://indianexpress.com/ The Indian Express].''

	After receiving his MA from the University of Pune, Rodrigues first taught at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, Ujire, Karnataka. He received his PhD from the Centre for Political Studies, JNU, India, in 1986, and was Agatha Harrison Fellow at St. Anthony’s College, [[Oxford]] from ~~1989-1991~~.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Garimella\|first1=Subramanium\|title=Untouched..By Change\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/02/stories/1302129c.htm\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2001}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> He was also a senior fellow at the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Studies]], Shimla, from ~~1999-2001~~.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://iias.ac.in/oldwebsite/earchive_fellows_1.html\|title=IIAS Fellow Archive}}</ref> Rodrigues taught Political Science at Mangalore University, Karnataka from 1982 to 2003 before moving to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he was Professor of Political Studies from 2003 to 2015. He is also National Fellow of the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR).<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/reclaiming-a-space-for-the-church/article7474638.ece\|title=Reclaiming a space for the Church\|first=Valerian\|last=Rodrigues\|date=29 July 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>		=== Academic career ===
			After receiving his MA from the University of Pune, Rodrigues first taught at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, Ujire, Karnataka. He received his PhD from the Centre for Political Studies, JNU, India, in 1986, and was Agatha Harrison Fellow at St. Anthony’s College, [[Oxford]] from 1989–1991.<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Garimella\|first1=Subramanium\|title=Untouched..By Change\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/02/stories/1302129c.htm\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|date=2001}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> He was also a senior fellow at the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Studies]], Shimla, from 1999–2001.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://iias.ac.in/oldwebsite/earchive_fellows_1.html\|title=IIAS Fellow Archive}}</ref> Rodrigues taught Political Science at Mangalore University, Karnataka from 1982 to 2003 before moving to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he was Professor of Political Studies from 2003 to 2015. He is also National Fellow of the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR).<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/reclaiming-a-space-for-the-church/article7474638.ece\|title=Reclaiming a space for the Church\|first=Valerian\|last=Rodrigues\|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=29 July 2015\|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

	==Selected works==		== Selected works ==

	*[https://books.google.com/books~~/about/Dalit_movements_and_the_meanings_of_labo.html~~?id=zGPtAAAAMAAJ~~&redir_esc=y~~ <nowiki>"Making a Tradition Critical: Ambedkar's Reading of Buddhism", in Peter Robb, ed., Dalit Movements and the Meanings of Labour in India, Oxford University Press, 1993]</nowiki>]		*[https://books.google.com/books?id=zGPtAAAAMAAJ <nowiki>"Making a Tradition Critical: Ambedkar's Reading of Buddhism", in Peter Robb, ed., Dalit Movements and the Meanings of Labour in India, Oxford University Press, 1993]</nowiki>]
	*[https://books.google.~~co.in~~/books~~/about/The_Essential_Writings_of_B_R_Ambedkar.html~~?id=pmcMAQAAMAAJ~~&redir_esc=y~~ The Essential Writings of B.R Ambedkar (Oxford University Press) 2002]		*[https://books.google.com/books?id=pmcMAQAAMAAJ The Essential Writings of B.R Ambedkar (Oxford University Press) 2002]
	* [https://books.google.com/books~~/about/Political_Ideas_in_Modern_India.html~~?id=KJejtAaonsEC "Dalit-Bahujan Discourse in Modern India" in V.R. Mehta and Thomas Pantham eds. ''Political Thought in Modern India'', Sage, 2005]		* [https://books.google.com/books?id=KJejtAaonsEC "Dalit-Bahujan Discourse in Modern India" in V.R. Mehta and Thomas Pantham eds. ''Political Thought in Modern India'', Sage, 2005]
	* [https://books.google.com/books~~/about/Humiliation.html~~?id=L8xqKQEACAAJ~~&redir_esc=y~~ "Untouchability, Filth and the Public Domain", in Gopal Guru eds.,''Humiliation: Claims and Context,'' Oxford University Press, 2009]		* [https://books.google.com/books?id=L8xqKQEACAAJ "Untouchability, Filth and the Public Domain", in Gopal Guru eds.,''Humiliation: Claims and Context,'' Oxford University Press, 2009]
	*[https://books.google.com/books~~/about/The_Indian_Parliament.html~~?id=Gtz2RAAACAAJ~~&redir_esc=y~~ <nowiki>The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work, (Oxford University Press], 2010</nowiki>]		*[https://books.google.com/books?id=Gtz2RAAACAAJ <nowiki>The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work, (Oxford University Press], 2010</nowiki>]
	* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/02/special-articles/reading-texts-and-traditions-ambedkar-gandhi-debate.html Reading Texts and Traditions: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate, ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2011]		* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/02/special-articles/reading-texts-and-traditions-ambedkar-gandhi-debate.html Reading Texts and Traditions: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate, ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2011]
	* [http://www.ihdindia.org/ihdjournal/search.aspx?uname=130&Title= "Justice as the Lens: Interrogating Rawls through Sen and Ambedkar", ''Indian Journal of Human Development'', Jan-June 2011]		* [http://www.ihdindia.org/ihdjournal/search.aspx?uname=130&Title= "Justice as the Lens: Interrogating Rawls through Sen and Ambedkar", ''Indian Journal of Human Development'', Jan-June 2011]
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	* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2014/25/special-articles/political-power-and-democratic-enablement.html "Political Power and Democratic Enablement: Devraj Urs and Lower Caste Mobilisation in Karnataka", ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2014]		* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2014/25/special-articles/political-power-and-democratic-enablement.html "Political Power and Democratic Enablement: Devraj Urs and Lower Caste Mobilisation in Karnataka", ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2014]
	* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/15/special-articles/ambedkar-political-philosopher.html "Ambedkar as a Political Philosopher", ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2017]		* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/15/special-articles/ambedkar-political-philosopher.html "Ambedkar as a Political Philosopher", ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2017]
	*[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-60904-1 "Parliamentary Opposition and Government Backbenchers in India" in Nizam Ahmed ed., ''Inclusive'' ''Governance in South Asia,'' Springer, 2017].		*[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-60904-1 "Parliamentary Opposition and Government Backbenchers in India" in Nizam Ahmed ed., ''Inclusive'' ''Governance in South Asia,'' Springer, 2017].
	*[https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/pressing-concerns/cid/1465555 ''Speaking for Karnataka,'' co-authored with Rajendra Chenni, Nataraj Huliyar and S.Japhet, Bengaluru University Press,2018]		*[https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/pressing-concerns/cid/1465555 ''Speaking for Karnataka,'' co-authored with Rajendra Chenni, Nataraj Huliyar and S.Japhet, Bengaluru University Press,2018]
	*[https://cup.columbia.edu/book/conversations-with-ambedkar/9788193732953 ''Conversations with Ambedkar: 10 Ambedkar Memorial Lectures,'' [[Tulika Books]], 2019]		*[https://cup.columbia.edu/book/conversations-with-ambedkar/9788193732953 ''Conversations with Ambedkar: 10 Ambedkar Memorial Lectures,''] [[Tulika Books]], 2019

			== See also ==

			* [[Mangalorean Catholics]]

	==References==		== References ==
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'''Valerian Rodrigues''' (born 1949) is an Indian political scientist. He is known for his influential work on [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rodrigues|first1=Valerian|title=The Essential Writings of B.R.Ambedkar|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New Delhi|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-essential-writings-of-br-ambedkar-9780195670554?cc=gb&lang=en&}}</ref> and for his formulations of themes in Modern Indian Political Thought.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rodrigues|first1=Valerian|title=Reading Texts and Traditions: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|date=2011|url=http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/02/special-articles/reading-texts-and-traditions-ambedkar-gandhi-debate.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rodrigues|first1=Valerian|title=In Search of an Anchor: Muslim Thought in Modern India|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|date=2011|url=http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/49/special-articles/search-anchor-muslim-thought-modern-india.html}}</ref> Rodrigues has made substantial contributions to the debate on the working of the [[Indian Parliament]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rodrigues|first1=Valerian|title=The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work|date=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New Delhi|isbn=9780198067726|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gtz2RAAACAAJ}}</ref> constitutionalism in India,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bhargava|first1=Rajeev|title=Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution|date=2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195692556|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xY9AQAAIAAJ}}</ref> and agrarian politics in India.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/25/special-articles/political-power-and-democratic-enablement.html|title=Political Power and Democratic Enablement|date=5 June 2015|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=49|issue=25|pages=7–8|via=www.epw.in}}</ref> As a Professor at the Centre for Political Studies at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU), New Delhi,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/sss/cps/FormerFaculty.htm|title=JNU Faculty Directory}}</ref> he was popular for his lectures on Indian Political Thought and Intellectual History, and critically reading the same through political concepts of [[modernity]], [[secularism]] and [[nationalism]]. Before joining JNU, Rodrigues taught at the Department of Political Science at Mangalore University, Karnataka, India.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=93769|title=Vice-President Ansari Releases Book by Mangalore's Prof V Rodrigues|website=www.daijiworld.com}}</ref>

He has held the first Ambedkar Chair at the [[Ambedkar University Delhi]], has been ICCR (Indian Council of Cultural Relations) Visiting Professor at the [[University of Erfurt]] Germany, Visiting Professor at the [[University of Würzburg]] Germany, Visiting Professor at [https://www.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University], Canada and Fellow at the [https://www.uni-erfurt.de/en/max-weber-kolleg/ Max Weber Center for Advanced Studies], Germany.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/public-docs/Max-Weber-Kolleg/6-pdfs/vortraege/2012-06-20_guest_lecture_rodrigues.pdf|title=Democracy and Religious Minorities in India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10500|title=Elections and Civil Society in India|first=Valerian|last=Rodrigues|via=opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de}}</ref>

Rodrigues is a regular political columnist and commentator with ''[https://www.thehindu.com/ The Hindu]'' and ''[https://indianexpress.com/ The Indian Express].''

== Early life ==

Rodrigues was born in Loretto, Bantwal Taluk, Karnataka.<ref name="auto1"/> He received his MA from the University of Pune, and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. As a political activist in the 1970s, he was influential in securing land titles for landless farmers and farm workers of Coastal Karnataka under the Karnataka Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1974.<ref name="auto"/>

== Academic career ==

After receiving his MA from the University of Pune, Rodrigues first taught at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, Ujire, Karnataka. He received his PhD from the Centre for Political Studies, JNU, India, in 1986, and was Agatha Harrison Fellow at St. Anthony’s College, [[Oxford]] from 1989-1991.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Garimella|first1=Subramanium|title=Untouched..By Change|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/09/02/stories/1302129c.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He was also a senior fellow at the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Studies]], Shimla, from 1999-2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iias.ac.in/oldwebsite/earchive_fellows_1.html|title=IIAS Fellow Archive}}</ref> Rodrigues taught Political Science at Mangalore University, Karnataka from 1982 to 2003 before moving to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he was Professor of Political Studies from 2003 to 2015. He is also National Fellow of the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/reclaiming-a-space-for-the-church/article7474638.ece|title=Reclaiming a space for the Church|first=Valerian|last=Rodrigues|date=29 July 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Selected works==

*[https://books.google.com/books/about/Dalit_movements_and_the_meanings_of_labo.html?id=zGPtAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y <nowiki>"Making a Tradition Critical: Ambedkar's Reading of Buddhism", in Peter Robb, ed., Dalit Movements and the Meanings of Labour in India, Oxford University Press, 1993]</nowiki>]
*[https://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Essential_Writings_of_B_R_Ambedkar.html?id=pmcMAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y The Essential Writings of B.R Ambedkar (Oxford University Press) 2002]
* [https://books.google.com/books/about/Political_Ideas_in_Modern_India.html?id=KJejtAaonsEC "Dalit-Bahujan Discourse in Modern India" in V.R. Mehta and Thomas Pantham eds. ''Political Thought in Modern India'', Sage, 2005]
* [https://books.google.com/books/about/Humiliation.html?id=L8xqKQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y "Untouchability, Filth and the Public Domain", in Gopal Guru eds.,''Humiliation: Claims and Context,'' Oxford University Press, 2009]
*[https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Indian_Parliament.html?id=Gtz2RAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y <nowiki>The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work, (Oxford University Press], 2010</nowiki>]
* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/02/special-articles/reading-texts-and-traditions-ambedkar-gandhi-debate.html Reading Texts and Traditions: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate, ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2011]
* [http://www.ihdindia.org/ihdjournal/search.aspx?uname=130&Title= "Justice as the Lens: Interrogating Rawls through Sen and Ambedkar", ''Indian Journal of Human Development'', Jan-June 2011]
* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2011/49/special-articles/search-anchor-muslim-thought-modern-india.html In Search of an Anchor: Muslim Thought in Modern India, ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2011]
* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2014/25/special-articles/political-power-and-democratic-enablement.html "Political Power and Democratic Enablement: Devraj Urs and Lower Caste Mobilisation in Karnataka", ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2014]
* [http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/15/special-articles/ambedkar-political-philosopher.html "Ambedkar as a Political Philosopher", ''Economic and Political Weekly'', 2017]
*[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-60904-1 "Parliamentary Opposition and Government Backbenchers in India" in Nizam Ahmed ed., ''Inclusive'' ''Governance in South Asia,'' Springer, 2017].
*[https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/pressing-concerns/cid/1465555 ''Speaking for Karnataka,'' co-authored with Rajendra Chenni, Nataraj Huliyar and S.Japhet, Bengaluru University Press,2018]
*[https://cup.columbia.edu/book/conversations-with-ambedkar/9788193732953 ''Conversations with Ambedkar: 10 Ambedkar Memorial Lectures,'' [[Tulika Books]], 2019]

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