Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite: an interview with Ajantha Subramanian, author of 'The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India'. (From October 2020)
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Bihar Caste Survey: Why the BJP Is Jittery and INDIA Bloc Upbeat
While the prime minister and colleagues sang different tunes, leaders of the INDIA bloc foregrounded the formula that a share in governance should be proportionate to the size of a community's population, writes Nalin Verma.
https://thewire.in/politics/bihar-caste-census-bjp-india-bloc
#BiharCasteSurvey #CasteSurvey #BJP #INDIAAlliance #CasteCensus #OBCs #EBCs #dalits #adivasis #UpperCastes #NarendraModi #NitishKumar RahulGandhi #LaluPrasadYadav #caste #SocialJustice #reservations #india
How BJP's Own Fragmenting of Social Justice Politics Led to the Bihar Caste Census
Even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused opposition parties of dividing the country along caste lines, it cannot be denied that BJP's success in exploiting the chink in the armour of social justice parties has now come to affect it, writes Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta.
https://thewire.in/politics/bjp-narendra-modi-social-justice-caste-census-obc-dalit
#bihar #CasteSurvey #BJP #OBCs #EBCs #SCST #dalits #UpperCastes #SocialJustice #representation #reservations #hindutva #NarendraModi #GirirajSingh #NitishKumar #caste #INDIAAlliance #iindia
Bihar caste survey: Opposition sees scope for new narrative, poll dividends
With Bihar releasing headline numbers of the caste survey on Monday, the movement appears to have acquired more momentum.
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The alliance against BJP’s hegemony
Congress’s vociferous demand for a caste Census ideologically aligns the party with OBC groups and enhances I.N.D.I.A’s capacity to take on the BJP’s alliance led by upper castes, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/the-alliance-against-bjps-hegemony-23312019
#elections2024 #INDIAAlliance #congress #BJP #NDA #CasteCensus #OBCs #UpperCastes #RohiniCommission #inequaliy #muslims #hindutva #india
Saving the World Like a Savarna
Savarnas can pose as extremely radical and culturally progressive and then, with the flip of a metaphorical switch, slip back into their privileged family lives without the slightest existential friction. This switching is possible because Savarna social lives are largely public-facing performances, writes Prof. Ravikant Kisana.
https://theswaddle.com/saving-the-world-like-a-savarna/
#caste #savarnas #UpperCastes #brahminism #LiberalBrahmins #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #communalism #brahmins #india
Gladstone Scion to Apologise for Slavery: Can Indian Upper Castes Too Look Within?
That Western capitalism had its first roots in the expropriation of slave labour is of course by now an established fact of history. Mr Gladstone’s conscientious lead is admirable, one that many others could emulate – even in the former colonies. Badri Raina writes.
https://thewire.in/rights/gladstone-scion-apologise-slavery-indian-upper-castes-look-within
#slavery #SlaveTrade #WilliamGladstone #caste #CasteDiscrimination #untouchability #UpperCastes #india
How #RealEstate expansion into common lands (#commons) in #Telangana state of #India operates from a strong #nexus between local #power #elites and local #administration both belonging to the #UpperCastes, and how the #marginalized #LowerCastes in #villages bear the #SocialCost of #industrialization!
