1 Introduction / Sanjukta Das Gupta --
2 Tulsidas and the conversion of the tribals notes for a new reading of the Ramcharitmanas / Giorgio Milanetti --
3 Towards an understanding of the tribal world of colonial Eastern India / B.B. Chaudhuri --
4 Evangelical or imperial? re-examining the missionary agenda among the santhals, 1855-1885 / Tripti Chaudhuri --
5 The bhil and the Rajput kingdoms of Southern Rajasthan / Marco Fattori --
6 Colonial rule and agrarian transition in Singhbhum / Sanjukta Das Gupta --
7 Kidnapping in Chotanagpur : recruitment for Assam tea plantations in a tribal area / Samita Sen --
8 Adivasi movements and beyond : patriarchy, hegemony, and women's agency in Chotanagpur / Shashank Sekhar Sinha --
9 Adivasi politics and state responses : historical processes and contemporary concerns / Nandini Sundar --
10 Beyond resistance : idioms and memories of insurgency in the adivasi movement in Jharkhand / Daniel J. Rycroft.

Papers presented at the Conference on Communities and the Nation : Dalits and Adivasis in Colonial and Postcolonial India, held at Calcutta in March 2006.