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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.
BJP suspends UP women’s wing leader for saying ‘those who are ruling us used to clean our shoes’
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http://scroll.in/latest/806156/uttar-pradesh-mahila-morcha-chief-suspended-from-bjp-for-making-casteist-remarksCASTE DISCRIMINATIONBJP suspends UP women's wing leader for saying...
The Real Story Behind the Rape and Killing of Dalit Girl Student, Delta Meghwal
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No Justice for Delta Meghwal, a 17 year old...
Suspended VC Appa Rao set to Demolish Rohith Stupa and Veliwada with Political Blessing?
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A State Attempts to Muzzle Dissent, the Brutal Attack on Uday Bhanu: HCU
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Nailing the sangh parivar’s lies: How the Naujawan Bharat Sabha is doing it
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Suspend Appa Rao as VC, Step up Investigations for Violations against Atrocities Act
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HCU: Students and Faculty Arrested for Peaceful Protests Must be Released
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Bail Refused to HCU Students, Faculty; Dontha Prashanth says false cases must be withdrawn
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