caste
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Podcast: Why BR Ambedkar thought – and worried – deeply about democracy in India
Dinyar Patel
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Two writers – in 1928 and in 2016 – wrote of the value of physical work, and its caste connotations
Chandan Gowda
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Readers’ comments: Students should quit premier institutes if they can’t cope with pressure
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The caste of a chair
Johanna Deeksha
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This book examines how merchants enforced caste ideals in 18th century Marwar as markers of identity
Divya Cherian
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Celebrating a poor man’s child landing a high-paying job reflects the deep inequality of education
Arun Kumar
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Trans people’s fight for their right to work
Nolina Minj
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Jotiba Phule’s vital anti-caste writings have been translated into English for the first time
Jotiba Phule Rohini Mokashi-Punekar
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For a breath of dignity: The ‘unfreedom’ of India’s caste-driven labour migration
Diksha Shriyan Arun Kumar
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‘This is our history. No one else will preserve it’: How Dalits are archiving caste history
Vidhi Doshi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Zomato removes ad depicting Dalit character in ‘Lagaan’ as recycled waste items after backlash
Scroll Staff
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‘In my novel, caste is the co-protagonist’: Ujjal Dosanjh, author of ‘The Past is Never Dead’
Sayari Debnath
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A Dalit scholar’s death and Brahmin dominance at India’s premier science institute
Johanna Deeksha
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A new novel depicts the indignities and stranglehold of caste over Sikhs immigrants in Britain
Ujjal Dosanjh
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How ‘Depressed Classes’ legislator MC Rajah fought against untouchability in 1919
Manoj Mitta
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A new book offers a minimalist, contemporary reading of BR Ambedkar’s essay, ‘Annihilation of Caste’
Syed Sayeed
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Longlisted for the International Booker Prize, Perumal Murugan is best read for craft, not themes
Nandini Krishnan
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This new book examines TN Rajarattinam Pillai’s life and the role of caste in South Indian music
Terada Yoshitaka
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‘Sindikka Chonnavar Periyar’: Singer TM Krishna turns Periyar’s work, beliefs into song
Scroll Staff
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Opinion: To truly democratise Indian art and culture, the ‘classical’ must be declared dead
Brahma Prakash