#Caste_system_in_India
#intersectionality
The fight against ‘caste Christians’ in Tamil Nadu
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-fight-against-caste-christians/article67719302.ece
#intersectionality
The fight against ‘caste Christians’ in Tamil Nadu
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-fight-against-caste-christians/article67719302.ece
The Hindu
The fight against ‘caste Christians’ in Tamil Nadu
The fight against caste discrimination in Christianity in Tamil Nadu has been going on for years
#intersectional
#LGBTQ
#Caste_system_in_India
The invisibilising of queer Dalits
https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/essay-sumit-baudh-invisibilising-of-queer-dalits-in-yashica-dutt-2019-memoir-coming-out-as-dalit-made-in-heaven-radhika-apte/article67733977.ece
#LGBTQ
#Caste_system_in_India
The invisibilising of queer Dalits
https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/essay-sumit-baudh-invisibilising-of-queer-dalits-in-yashica-dutt-2019-memoir-coming-out-as-dalit-made-in-heaven-radhika-apte/article67733977.ece
Frontline
The invisibilising of queer Dalits in Yashica Dutt’s 2019 memoir
Yashica Dutt claimed that the web series, ‘Made in Heaven’, failed to acknowledge her memoir, ‘Coming Out As Dalit’. But Dutt’s memoir neither acknowledges the queer origins of the phrase “coming out” nor addresses the issues of queer Dalits.
#Caste_system_in_India
#indology
How missionary work in Bharat birthed ‘caste’ and ‘Dravidian’ identity
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/dravidian-movement-christian-european-coloniser-castes-tribes-9109360/
#indology
How missionary work in Bharat birthed ‘caste’ and ‘Dravidian’ identity
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/dravidian-movement-christian-european-coloniser-castes-tribes-9109360/
The Indian Express
J Sai Deepak writes: How missionary work in Bharat birthed ‘caste’ and ‘Dravidian’ identity
As the literature will further reveal, “Indology”, as we know it today, has its foundations in Christian evangelical motives since it was important for the missionaries to understand the social lay of the land of Bharat to harvest souls and convert the “natives”…
#Caste_system_in_India
#modernity_and_social_changes
Why ‘caste’ is a Western construct
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/j-sai-deepak-writes-why-caste-is-a-western-construct-9137707/
#modernity_and_social_changes
Why ‘caste’ is a Western construct
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/j-sai-deepak-writes-why-caste-is-a-western-construct-9137707/
The Indian Express
J Sai Deepak writes: Why ‘caste’ is a Western construct
The formative literature on it dates to colonial times and is the work of writers with deep-rooted prejudices against Hinduism
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#social_thinkers
Caste Census is Critical But Not Synonymous with Social Justice: Sociologist Satish Deshpande
https://thewire.in/rights/caste-census-is-critical-but-not-synonymous-with-social-justice-sociologist-satish-deshpande
#social_thinkers
Caste Census is Critical But Not Synonymous with Social Justice: Sociologist Satish Deshpande
https://thewire.in/rights/caste-census-is-critical-but-not-synonymous-with-social-justice-sociologist-satish-deshpande
The Wire
Caste Census is Critical But Not Synonymous with Social Justice: Sociologist Satish Deshpande
Delivering a lecture in Bengaluru, the eminent sociologist raised critical questions about representation and treatment of minority castes, complexities of political mobilisation around caste identities, and the broader implications for social justice.
#social_movements_in_India
#Caste_system_in_India
Remembering Vaikom satyagraha
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/remembering-vaikom-satyagraha-a-100-years-later-9241758/
#Caste_system_in_India
Remembering Vaikom satyagraha
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/remembering-vaikom-satyagraha-a-100-years-later-9241758/
The Indian Express
Remembering Vaikom satyagraha, a 100 years later
Running for over 600 days, the Vaikom satyagraha was the first among many temple entry movements in India. Amidst the national movement, it foregrounded the issue of untouchability and caste oppression.
#Caste_system_in_India
#BR_Ambedkar
The path Ambedkar showed: Why lower castes embrace Buddhism
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/the-path-ambedkar-showed-why-lower-castes-embrace-buddhism-9264683/
#BR_Ambedkar
The path Ambedkar showed: Why lower castes embrace Buddhism
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/the-path-ambedkar-showed-why-lower-castes-embrace-buddhism-9264683/
The Indian Express
The path Ambedkar showed: Why lower castes embrace Buddhism
The Gujarat government has said conversion to Buddhism will require prior approval of the authorities. Buddhism's egalitarian appeal has long attracted the oppressed in Hinduism.
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#population_policy_and_family_planning_in_India
#BR_Ambedkar
#feminism
Complicating Indian feminism: Ambedkar and a birth control story
https://theleaflet.in/complicating-indian-feminism-ambedkar-and-a-birth-control-story/
#population_policy_and_family_planning_in_India
#BR_Ambedkar
#feminism
Complicating Indian feminism: Ambedkar and a birth control story
https://theleaflet.in/complicating-indian-feminism-ambedkar-and-a-birth-control-story/
The Leaflet
Complicating Indian feminism: Ambedkar and a birth control story – The Leaflet
A re-examination of dominant upper-caste voices that engage with liberal values and yet disengage from those very ideas that grow from justice, equality and self-determination. — THIS essay is an intellectual history of the language that surrounded birth…
#Social_movements
#Caste_system_in_India
#annihilation_of_caste
On Ambedkar Jayanti, a look at the significance of the Mahad Satyagraha
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/ambedkar-mahad-satyagraha-9268251/
#Caste_system_in_India
#annihilation_of_caste
On Ambedkar Jayanti, a look at the significance of the Mahad Satyagraha
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/ambedkar-mahad-satyagraha-9268251/
The Indian Express
On Ambedkar Jayanti, a look at the significance of the Mahad Satyagraha
The Mahad Satyagraha is considered to be the 'foundational event' of the Dalit movement. This was the first time that the community collectively displayed its resolve to reject the caste system and assert their human rights.