The Case for Caste Census in India; Liberal Intelligentsia’s Opposition Is Misplaced – 2 Articles
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The Case for Caste Census in India; Liberal Intelligentsia’s Opposition Is Misplaced – 2 Articles

Is there a relation between caste, religion, poverty and discrimination? What do the social, economic indicators show? Also: “Caste Census: Why the Liberal Intelligentsia’s Opposition Is Misplaced”.

Bihar Caste Survey: Nine Reasons Why the BJP Is Jittery and INDIA Bloc Upbeat – 3 Articles
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Bihar Caste Survey: Nine Reasons Why the BJP Is Jittery and INDIA Bloc Upbeat – 3 Articles

Data from the study bolsters the demands to remove the cap on 50% caste quota and conduct a similar exercise at a national level; BJP not only unnerved but also confused about how to respond to the issue; “Nine Reasons Why Numbers Revealed by Bihar Caste Census Could Shake Up National Politics”.

Udayanidhi Stalin’s Critique of Sanatana Dharma – Two Articles
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Udayanidhi Stalin’s Critique of Sanatana Dharma – Two Articles

Udayanidhi Stalin’s statement that he’s prepared to furnish the writings of Periyar and Ambedkar to defend his comments on sanatana dharma indicates the larger context of radical, anti-caste critiques of religion in India, then and now. Also: “The BJP May Defend ‘Sanatan Dharma’, But Can’t Define What it Means”.

Indian Institutes of Savarnas: Graveyards for Marginalised Students
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Indian Institutes of Savarnas: Graveyards for Marginalised Students

Data collected by the APPSC shows that reservation is violated in faculty composition of all IITs. In IIT Delhi, only 2% of faculty are SC, 1% ST, and 7% OBC. The remaining 90% positions are filled by savarnas. Same is the case for IIT Bombay where 94% are savarnas, with just 2% OBC, 3% SC, and 1% ST.

Manual Scavenging: Instead of Trying to Stop Practice, Govt of India ‘Fudging’ Figures
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Manual Scavenging: Instead of Trying to Stop Practice, Govt of India ‘Fudging’ Figures

It is unfortunate that the Government of India has once again lied on the deaths in sewer and septic tanks. How can the government claim that there is no manual scavenging when people continue to die in sewer and septic tanks?

Gandhi and Liberal Modernity: The Vexed Question of Caste
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Gandhi and Liberal Modernity: The Vexed Question of Caste

Gandhi’s thinking on caste must be frameworked within his opposition to capitalist modernity and its destructive effects on the peasant. His ambivalences on caste owe to his efforts to integrate his idealized philosophical stances with his responses to the contingencies of the freedom struggle.