TY - BOOK AU - Basu, Raj Sekhar AU - TI - Nandanar’s children : : the Paraiyans’ tryst with destiny, Tamil Nadu 1850-1956 T2 - Sage series in modern Indian history -XIV ; edited by Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee [and] Aditya Mukherjee SN - 9788132105145 U1 - 305.568809548209034 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage Publications KW - Pariahs KW - Social conditions KW - Tamil Nadu (India) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Elusive freedom: the Paraiyans and agrarian servitude in nineteenth century Tamil Nadu -- The missionary involvement with the "Pariah" issue in South India -- Search for fresh pastures: overseas and internal migration patterns of the Tamil Paraiyans in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- The Paraiyans: from socio economic upliftment to entry into politics -- The making of adi dravida politics in Tamil Nadu -- Political groupism and fractured Adi Dravida politics in Tamil Nadu ER -