Master key: Uttar Bharataana noorella dalit samajakiya rajakiya udyamalu, Gundimeda Sambaiah, translator Ashalatha, 188 pp, Rs. 150

The book focuses on Dalit mobilisations for political power, social equality and justice in Uttar Pradesh. It discusses core themes such as caste in the south as compared to Hindu–Muslim cleavage in the north and why Dalits here did not succeed in gaining power though Dalit consciousness is more evolved here.