Posts Tagged ‘Caste’

Dr.B.R.Ambedkar in the Annihilation of Caste, 1935
The effect of caste on the ethics of the Hindus is simply deplorable. Caste has killed public spirit. Caste has destroyed the sense of public charity. Caste has made public opinion impossible. A Hindu's public is his caste. His responsibility is only to his caste. His loyalty is [...]

Dr.Ambedkar in Annihilation of Caste:
It is a pity that Caste even today has its defenders. The defences are many. It is defended on the ground that the Caste System is but another name for division of labour and if division of labour is a necessary feature of every civilized society then it is argued that [...]

On the eve of Maha Shivratri a great victory was won. Devotees, backed by the state and other institutions, ensured that the right to pray the way you want to, in the language that you understand, in the manner that you choose , was upheld. 
In the face of a growing demand for their dismissal as [...]

I am currently re readingDr.Babasaheb Ambedkar's Annihilation of Caste - It is a thin little well thumbed, book - actually a speech that is published in a book form. It
This is a book that every Indian ought to read…I read this almost a lifetime ago as part of what ever i was doing at that [...]

This from the DNA:
An enterprising NRI doctor from East Godavari district has come up with a novel idea of an all purpose and inclusive housing colony for members of the Brahmin community near Hyderabad.
Resurrecting the traditional and conservationist ambience of the Agraharam from the Brahmin predominant East Godavari district, the colony will be spread over [...]

Narendra Modi has done it again…….This is his latest gem:
In a recent book written by him and published by the state information department Modi says, “Scavenging must have been a spiritual experience for the Valmiki caste”.
The book titled Karmayog is yet to hit the stands.
In the book, he goes on to say, “At some point [...]

….asked SR yesterday …… theoretically, he added rapidly. And given that he keeps accusing me of being theoretical (and I suppose that i am) - i was surprised.
Lots’ of things, i said. Theoretically of course.

At the core there is my family culture - whatever is my family’s padati (traditions) and customs.

Then comes that defined by [...]

This, a headline from the ET - India's most widely circulated business broadsheet : Some SC/STs too made it on merit replace the word SC/ST with any other ethnic/religious/gender grouping and tell me what is right/ wrong with this headline. media bias anyone or am I being oversensitive?

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This year I began teaching culture studies to my students. Culture studies is not the study of culture perse - but the study of cultures - their power structures internally and in relation to other cultures - their internal & external dynamics and their overall relationship in the power pyramid. One of the more difficult [...]

Finished reading Vrinda Nabar’s excellent "Caste as Woman".

It looks at women in India not from the point of western feminist theories, but more in terms of looking at India’s own unique socio-cultural systems, which essentially serve to keep the woman as an uncomplaining victim to many ills. As she puts it:

"… in India, the discrimination [...]