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100			_aHeredia, Rudolf C.
245			_aNo entry, no exit: Savarna Aversion towards Dalit conversion
260			_c2004
300			_ap.4543-555.
362			_a9 Oct
520			_aConversion is a complex and delicate issue that has been obfuscated and vitiated when viewed in a communal and chauvinistic context. The `savarna' response to dalit conversion as expressed in anti-conversion laws, under the guise of protecting the dalits, traps them in a `no entry, no exit' situation. This article lays down a theoretical framework within a fourfold discourse, seeking to analyse conversion as `dharmantar'. Each discourse considers the perspective of the converter and the converted, opening up in turn issues of civil rights (including that of dalits) that must not be compromised. It is necessary to view conversion as a `process' rather than an event, if one is to address the complexities involved. - Reproduced.
650			_aReligious conversion
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
909			_a62872
999			_c62872 _d62872