Feb 18, 2020 · Over time, of course, the RSS has expanded its influence beyond the upper castes, but the upper castes remain their most loyal and reliable base. 5 Bhanwar Meghwanshi’s insider account of the RSS (Meghwanshi, 2020) illuminates both aspects – the upper-caste dominance of the RSS and the means it uses to entice other sections of society. It ...

May 21, 2024 · Sources: Authors’ estimates combining AIDIS and Forbes billionaire list (manually caste-coded) for wealth shares and PLFS 2018-19 unit-level data for population shares. All in all, Figures 3 and 4 suggest that upper castes hold a significantly disproportionate share of national wealth, and that Indian billionaires are largely an upper caste club.

Aug 30, 2023 · For upper-caste elites, this would pass off as culture. For the oppressed classes, it is sheer bigotry. A supporter of the California bill said the legislation becomes important “because it delegitimises such violence of the words and conversations that are veiled casteist slurs.”

Jan 23, 2024 · A Dalit man who loved an upper-caste girl was killed in Uttarakhand. A young Dalit boy wearing good clothes and sunglasses was thrashed by upper castes in Gujrat. There is a façade of democracy, in which caste is appropriated as a political tool to strengthen caste hierarchy. Philosophically, ‘Dalit’ and ‘democracy’ would be synonymous.

For upper-caste elites, this would pass off as culture. For the oppressed classes, it is sheer bigotry. A supporter of the California bill said the legislation becomes important “because it delegitimises such violence of the words and conversations that are veiled casteist slurs.” 1

Feb 18, 2020 · The Revolt of the Upper Castes The surge of Hindu nationalism in India can be seen as a revolt of the upper castes against the egalitarian demands of democracy. The Hindutva project is a lifeboat for the upper castes in so far as…

Nov 14, 2024 · The commonly used dialect in mainstream Malayalam cinema was either the Valluvanadan dialect from northern Kerala – reflecting that of Hindu upper-caste Namboodiri-Nair families and widely popularised by the writings of M.T. Vasudevan Nair – or the dialect of upper-class Syrian Christian families around Kottayam, the southern Kerala town ...

Oct 7, 2024 · In principle, quotas within quotas could be justified, provided there is systematic tracking of jati-level outcomes. The evidence based on household surveys indicates that the bigger issue is ensuring access to reservations for all Scheduled Castes and targeting the broader Scheduled Caste-upper caste disparities.

Apr 22, 2021 · They stressed that they had little in common with upper-caste Hindus, and demanded privileges that at the time were accessed by Muslims. The Hindu nationalist, upper-caste, order had a vested interest in thwarting the possibility of any alliance between the marginalised castes, the “untouchables,” and Muslims, then a majority in Bengal.

Feb 1, 2016 · Yet, academic debates rage on “hyper invisibilisation of caste”, “West Bengal exceptionalism”, and the “absent-minded casteism” of the upper caste Bhadralok Bengali. There is a mistaken belief that€34 years of Left Front rule in West Bengal had somehow abolished caste prejudices or caste-based discrimination in the state.