Gail Omvedt
Title
Gail Omvedt
Description
Sociologist: Caste Inequality
Rights
Birth Date
1941
Birthplace
Minneapolis - worked in India
Death Date
2021, India
Primary Sources
Omvedt, G. ([1974] 2024). From 50 Years Ago: Non-Brahmans and Nationalist in Poona, 59 (8) Economics and Political Weekly. https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/8/50-years-ago/50-years-ago%C2%A0non-brahmans-and-nationalists-poona.html
Omvedt, G. ([1994], 2021). Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India. Accessed 12 May 2025 https://archive.org/details/dalits-and-the-democratic-revolution-dr-ambedkar-and-the-dalit-movement-in-colonial-india
Omvedt, G. ([2004] 2017). Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India, India: Penguin, Internet Archive, Accessed 20 Mar 2025, https://archive.org/details/ambedkar-towards-an-enlightened-india
Omvedt, G. ([2008], 2016). Seeking Begumpura: The Social Vision of Anticaste Intellectuals, 20th anniversary edition, Navayana, Internet Archive, 2021, Accessed 20 Mar 2025. https://archive.org/details/seeking-begumpura-the-social-vision-of-anticaste-intellectuals
Omvedt, G. (2006). Dalit Visions: Tracts for this Time, Orient Black Swan, https://orientblackswan.com/details?id= 97881 25 028956
Omvedt, G. (2005). Capitalism and Globalisation, Dalits and Adivasis. Economic and Political Weekly, 40(47), 4881–4885.
Omvedt, G. (2005). Women in Governance in South Asia. Economic and Political Weekly, 40(44/45), 4746–4752.
Omvedt, G. (2003). Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste, India: Sage Publications. Accessed 20 Mar 2025. https://archive.org/details/indianbuddhisminindiachallengingbrahmanismcastegailomvedt_893_F/page/n3/mode/2up
Omvedt, G. (1980). We Will Smash This Prison: Indian Women in Struggle, London: Zed Press.
Omvedt, G. (1976). Cultural Revolution in the Colonial Society: the non-brahamic movement in Western India 1873-1930, Bombay: Scientific Socialist Education Trust.
Omvedt, G. (1975). The political economy of starvation. Race & Class, 17(2), 111-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/030639687501700201 (Original work published 1975)
Omvedt, G. (1973) Development of the Maharashtrian Class Structure, 1818 to 1931 Economic and Political Weekly 9, 8 (31 32-33)
Omvedt, G. ([1994], 2021). Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India. Accessed 12 May 2025 https://archive.org/details/dalits-and-the-democratic-revolution-dr-ambedkar-and-the-dalit-movement-in-colonial-india
Omvedt, G. ([2004] 2017). Ambedkar: Towards an Enlightened India, India: Penguin, Internet Archive, Accessed 20 Mar 2025, https://archive.org/details/ambedkar-towards-an-enlightened-india
Omvedt, G. ([2008], 2016). Seeking Begumpura: The Social Vision of Anticaste Intellectuals, 20th anniversary edition, Navayana, Internet Archive, 2021, Accessed 20 Mar 2025. https://archive.org/details/seeking-begumpura-the-social-vision-of-anticaste-intellectuals
Omvedt, G. (2006). Dalit Visions: Tracts for this Time, Orient Black Swan, https://orientblackswan.com/details?id= 97881 25 028956
Omvedt, G. (2005). Capitalism and Globalisation, Dalits and Adivasis. Economic and Political Weekly, 40(47), 4881–4885.
Omvedt, G. (2005). Women in Governance in South Asia. Economic and Political Weekly, 40(44/45), 4746–4752.
Omvedt, G. (2003). Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste, India: Sage Publications. Accessed 20 Mar 2025. https://archive.org/details/indianbuddhisminindiachallengingbrahmanismcastegailomvedt_893_F/page/n3/mode/2up
Omvedt, G. (1980). We Will Smash This Prison: Indian Women in Struggle, London: Zed Press.
Omvedt, G. (1976). Cultural Revolution in the Colonial Society: the non-brahamic movement in Western India 1873-1930, Bombay: Scientific Socialist Education Trust.
Omvedt, G. (1975). The political economy of starvation. Race & Class, 17(2), 111-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/030639687501700201 (Original work published 1975)
Omvedt, G. (1973) Development of the Maharashtrian Class Structure, 1818 to 1931 Economic and Political Weekly 9, 8 (31 32-33)
Secondary Sources
Gaikwad, B. N., & Patil, S. R. (2017). An Interview with Dr Gail Omvedt. Writers in Conversation, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.22356/wic.v4i2.22
Aayushi Sangharshee. (2020). Gail Omvedt’s Dalit Visions: A Look at Various Alternative Movements Which Rose Under the Larger Dalit Movement. The Creative Launcher; Vol. 4 No. 6 (2020): February, 2020; 27-322455-6580ark:/72165/Thecreativelauncher.V4i6.
Dhanagare, D. N. (2007) Practising Sociology through History: The Indian Experience - II. Economic and Political Weekly 42 (34), 3499–3508. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4419945.
Visvanathan, S. (2003). Vasant Moon, Growing Up Untouchable in India: a Dalit Autobiography (trans. from Marathi by Gail Omvedt), New Delhi, Vistaar Publications, 2002. Studies in History , 19(2), 294–295.
Bharat Patankar, & Omvedt, G. (1979). The Dalit Liberation Movement in Colonial Period. Economic and Political Weekly, 14(7/8), 409–424. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4367359
Aayushi Sangharshee. (2020). Gail Omvedt’s Dalit Visions: A Look at Various Alternative Movements Which Rose Under the Larger Dalit Movement. The Creative Launcher; Vol. 4 No. 6 (2020): February, 2020; 27-322455-6580ark:/72165/Thecreativelauncher.V4i6.
Dhanagare, D. N. (2007) Practising Sociology through History: The Indian Experience - II. Economic and Political Weekly 42 (34), 3499–3508. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4419945.
Visvanathan, S. (2003). Vasant Moon, Growing Up Untouchable in India: a Dalit Autobiography (trans. from Marathi by Gail Omvedt), New Delhi, Vistaar Publications, 2002. Studies in History , 19(2), 294–295.
Bharat Patankar, & Omvedt, G. (1979). The Dalit Liberation Movement in Colonial Period. Economic and Political Weekly, 14(7/8), 409–424. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4367359
Extra Resources
Documentary: Director, Somnath Waghmare, Gail Omvedt and Bahrat, work in progress, Accessed June 10, 2024 https://youtu.be/t1CPxb8J8qk .
Collection
Citation
“Gail Omvedt,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed October 3, 2026, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/766.