Caste

The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow

Caste from the pre-modern, colonial to the post-Republican; this analysis draws from, among others, works by Nicholas Dirks (2001), Anand Teltumbde (2014) and Gopal Guru (2016) to map this transition showing that contemporary caste should be best understood as a sort of social schizophrenia driven by imaginative acts whereby power perpetuates itself through a convoluted hermetic legitimising act in India.

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Opinion: Will the caste mind rise and smash Brahmanical Patriarchy?

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Report on Sitamarhi violence shows pre-planned conspiracy reportedly lead...

The Way to Understand Kancha Ilaiah’s Works

The meeting of the Delhi University Standing Committee for...

Rahul Gandhi writes to Kancha Ilaiah, expresses support

He opposed DU’s move to drop his books and...

Tamil Nadu: 13-year-old girl beheaded for refusing sexual advances

26-year-old Dinesh barged into her house and attacked her...

Members of DU’s Academic Council Protest Removal of Kancha Illaiah Shepherd’s Books

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Chai Wallah Chor Hai, Says Chandrashekhar Azad in Mega Rally in Gwalior

Yesterday, October 24 saw a mammoth 35,000 strong (Ekta...

Fed up With Caste Violence, Dalit Family in Gujarat Pleads for Euthanasia

The lone Sarvaiya family in Delwada village, dominated by...

Only Better Educated Mothers Of Grooms Can Lead To More Inter-Caste Marriages

Mumbai: Only 5.8% of Indian marriages were inter-caste, according...

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