Eleanor Zelliot (October 7, 1926 – June 5, 2016) was an American writer, professor of Carleton College[1][2] and specialist on the history of India, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, women of Asia, Untouchables, and social movements.[3][4][5]
Zelliot wrote over eighty articles and edited three books on the movement among Untouchables in India led by B. R. Ambedkar, on saint-poets of the medieval period, and on the Ambedkar-inspired Buddhist movement. She was one of the most prominent writers on Dalits of India.[6] Eleanor Zelliot was an Ambedkarite thinker, and she has done scholarly writing on the Ambedkarite movement in India.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Zelliot died on June 5, 2016, in Minnesota.[13][14]
Bibliography
- Sisson, Richard; Wolpert, Stanley (January 1, 1988). "Congress and the Untouchables, 1917-1950". Congress and Indian Nationalism: The Pre-Independence Phase. University of California Press. pp. 182–198. ISBN 978-0-520-06041-8.
- Ambedkar's World: The Making of Babasaheb and the Dalit Movement[15]
- From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement, Manohar Publishers, 1992. ISBN 818542537X
See also
References
- ↑ "Eleanor Zelliot". carleton.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ Teltumbde, Anand, A teacher and a chronicer: Eleanor Zelliot introduced Ambedkar and the Dalit movement to the West, Indian Express, June 27, 2016
- ↑ ""AMBEDKAR, B.R." BY ELEANOR ZELLIOT". www.anti-caste.org. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Eleanor Zelliot (Carleton College)". www.columbia.edu/. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Ambedkar's World". www.navayana.org. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Wear it Parsi style". Tribune. June 23, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ Gaikwad, Rahi (June 7, 2016). "American Ambedkar scholar passes away in Minnesota". The Hindu.
- ↑ "A teacher and chronicler: Eleanor Zelliot introduced Ambedkar and the Dalit movement to the West". June 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Eleanor Zelliot, Dr. Ambedkar's greatest follower". June 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Eleanor Zelliot - Carleton College".
- ↑ "What Ambedkar's anti-caste struggle shared with the US civil rights movement".
- ↑ "The Atrocities of Nationalism Offer History Lessons Beyond Bhima Koregaon".
- ↑ "Eleanor Zelliot (1926-2106) | H-Asia | H-Net".
- ↑ Gaikwad, Rahi (June 7, 2016). Amerikan Ambedkar scholar passes away in Minnesota, The Hindu
- ↑ Ramanathan, Suguna (April 29, 2013). "A good story of a great life". The Hindu. Retrieved July 4, 2013.