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  1. The World of Village Deities in Karnataka

    A goddess once discouraged her devotees from building a shrine for her. She wanted to be left free to wander as she pleased whereas the shrine door would restrict her movements. The doorless shrine her devotees then built for her still exists on the outskirts of Bengaluru.

    thewire.in/books/book-extract-

    #BookExtract #ChandanGowda #karnataka #mythology #folklore #religion #Siddalingaiah #dalits #caste #casteism #RuralIndia #india #books #bookstodon

  2. The World of Village Deities in Karnataka

    A goddess once discouraged her devotees from building a shrine for her. She wanted to be left free to wander as she pleased whereas the shrine door would restrict her movements. The doorless shrine her devotees then built for her still exists on the outskirts of Bengaluru.

    thewire.in/books/book-extract-

    #BookExtract #ChandanGowda #karnataka #mythology #folklore #religion #Siddalingaiah #dalits #caste #casteism #RuralIndia #india #books #bookstodon

  3. A Fear That Refuses To Go

    How revocation of Article 370 has reinforced old insecurities. An extract from Anuradha Bhasin's A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370 (HarperCollins).

    #kashmir #jammu #article370 #article370abrogation #militarisation #HumanRights #IndianArmy #CRPF #UnionGovt #BookExcerpt #BookExtract #books #bookstodon #india

    forceindia.net/books/a-fear-th

  4. The Savarna Reaction to Equitable Distribution of Opportunities

    The Savarna argument is that they are not responsible for the historical wrongs perpetrated on Dalits, but must avenge the wrongs allegedly perpetrated on their forefathers by Mughal rulers.

    #BookExtract from K.G. Kannabiran ‘The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law’, HarperCollins India, 2022.

    #books #bookstodon #MastIndia #india #casteism #HumanRights #activism #TheIndiaCable

    thewire.in/caste/kg-kannabiran

  5. The Savarna Reaction to Equitable Distribution of Opportunities

    The Savarna argument is that they are not responsible for the historical wrongs perpetrated on Dalits, but must avenge the wrongs allegedly perpetrated on their forefathers by Mughal rulers.

    #BookExtract from K.G. Kannabiran ‘The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law’, HarperCollins India, 2022.

    #books #bookstodon #MastIndia #india #casteism #HumanRights #activism #TheIndiaCable

    thewire.in/caste/kg-kannabiran