Casteing about
Equalisation to annihilation-and beyond By: S Anand A further fragmentation of caste identities would rule out the possibility of solidarity across | By: Meena Kandasamy
…when we no longer have to look back. Kandasamy poetically and passoinately argues that extirpating the entrenched caste system will need more than changes in sytems of production. It requires a militant and personal commitment to erase the institution. |
Basavas lesson The 12th-century poet offers potential 'meeting points' for caste reconciliation. | |
New order As India urbanises, caste is losing, and will continue to lose, its strength. | The caste train Waiting for an India when caste names will have lost their meaning. |
Well beyond Khairlanji Questioning our personal contradictions is essential to any discussion on caste. |
Completing the insult Underlying caste bias remains strong within the Indian judiciary.
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No reform Hinduism's rigidity is forcing it to cede ground to Islam, Christianity and Buddhism. | Refreshing the soil The path of Buddhism can end the curse of caste. |
The changing face In Indian Punjab, caste discrimination is subtle while caste assertion is loud. | |
Caste articulation Three lessons from the creation of the OBC category. | Dangerous sedative Despite their wide acceptance within the Dalit movement (and many others), NGOs today are functioning as a diversionary palliative |
Dominating the diaspora The vehement arguments of some high-profile Hindu groups notwithstanding, the UK's new Equality Bill will include some reference to caste. |
How caste came to America The mid-20th century saw intense caste discussions in US academia. | Waiting for spring By: Nirupama Dutt The emergence of a Dalit identity in Punjab is a recent development, spurred in part by the failure of Sikhism to abandon caste discrimination as it initially averred to do. |
Poem By: N D Rajkumar "Hey, sister, you can't enter the house | The tree series Sculptures from the collection of renowned artist A K Sivadas. |
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