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You can follow the good example of Ajith Kumar A.S. who has written about his experiences of Reading writing and living caste , Rhoda Alex who asks What am I supposed to do now? with her collection of memories and experiences of casteism, or Rama Srinivasan who wrote Why I am a Hindu , reflecting on how she is marked by religion and caste. P.D. Sathyapal has given an insightful interview, providing us with an understanding of how caste produces sexual violence, and how it functions in educational institutions and at the interface of academia and activism.
Khalid Anis Ansari has shared an earlier interview ‘On Faith Solidarity and Transformation’ (published in two parts here – Part one and two ). Vijay Prashad has shared his obituary for Bhagwan Das. Pooja Saxena has shared an earlier blog post about a caste-specific script that fell victim to the Sanskritisation of Hindi in From a line of traditional scribes.
There have been excerpts from several studies: on Caste discrimination in AIIMS , on Caste on Orkut , on Caste discrimination in Britain , on Caste in the diaspora , an especially fascinating study of Caste and social capital that shows how the strength of our social connections are determined by caste, far more than class.
Other blog excerpts featured here, include the incredible story of Govind Majhi and an account of the discrimination against adivasis in Orissa, an explanation of the role of caste among Syrian Christians and a day in the life of Jyothi
The sole book excerpt was on Caste in colonial Madras There is also an account of dalit journalism in the early 20th century published in two parts: 1 and 2
In the Milestones in the Struggle against Caste section: Periyar speaks on Untouchability, A student from the school run by Jotirao and Savitribhai Phule, Muktabai writes About the griefs of Mangs and Mahars , a biographical note on the man who created Graffiti for the Self Respect Movement
In the Poetry section: Khasi Lullabies , Oral Poetry of the Bodos , Mizo Folk Songstresses
In the Caste in South Asia section: Inter-Caste marriage in Nepal
In the Dalit authors section: Storyteller Bama – an excerpt from an interview with links to her other writing and to a page carrying recordings of her telling stories in Tamil for children and adults.
You can find an earlier round-up of posts published during the first 30 days here.
Nce blog. Check this new book which tries to bring about a brahminical perspective on what is called as dalit and dravidian faultlines. The new political line from these neo-brahmins are that caste system was started by the british. How ridiculous.
Amazon.com: Breaking India: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines (9788191067378): Rajiv Malhotra, Arvindan Neelakandan: Books
The dalits have woken up… no amount of the age-old tricks of managing perception through distorting history or misinterpreting the present will work. The supramacist groups are in panic mode today because dalits are connecting with other oppressed communities around the world and are receiving solidarity from them. In the process supramacist philosophoies which had for centuries been paraded around as great universalist and compassionate philosophies are getting examined and exposed for what they really are. The ground beneath supramacists’feet is breaking up and things may fall apart. I really hope they do. Dalits must not give up on their enntitlement to a dignified and full life as all other human beings.
The Dalit Panthers (drawing inspiration from the Black Panthers) are a great example of the new forms of political expression that become possible when subaltern communities connect. Yes, things are falling apart and the centre might not be able to hold for much longer.