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  1. Did Periyar call for a genocide of Brahmins?

    In hierarchical societies, reformers challenge the status quo with provocative and uncivil speech. Accusing them of hate speech is ill-intentioned. Karthick Ram Manoharan writes.

    #periyar #brahmins #PeriyarEVR #brahminism #casteism #SocialJustice #TMKrishna #MalcolmX #india

    frontline.thehindu.com/politic

  2. Indians: The Ikshvakus of Andhra Pradesh

    Archaeological sites like Keeladi have pushed back the rise of complex societies in south India to at least the 6th century BCE. In the late first millennium BCE, a ‘cultural package’ from Aryavarta began moving south. It would radically reshape the religions, languages, and social norms of south India...

    #anthropology #archaeology #history #IndianHistory #histodon #IkshvakuKingdom #buddhism #brahminism #india #books #bookstodon #NamitArora

    youtube.com/watch?v=BBIztadORg

  3. IIT Bombay Suicide: Did Authorities Fail to Act Even After Surveys Pointed to Rampant Casteism?

    Although an internal probe panel linked the recent suicide of a Dalit student on the campus to academic performance, at least three surveys by SC-ST Student Cell pointed to a highly discriminative atmosphere on campus towards students from the Dalit and Adivasi communities.

    #maharashtra #mumbai #DarshanSolanki #IITBombay #casteism #dalits #suicide #education #caste #discrimination #dalit #adivasi #SCST #IITB #brahminism #MentalHealth #india

    thewire.in/caste/iit-bombay-su

  4. Ground report: The political conspiracy behind the mob attack on a Dalit man in Telangana

    Mettli Naresh, a Dalit man from Telangana’s Vikarabad district, was attacked by a mob of more than 200 Shiva devotees who surrounded a police station and assaulted him until he fell unconscious.

    #telangana #vikarabad #dalits #dalit #madiga #yadav #goud #mudiraj #lynching #casteism #brahminism #caste #ambedkar #ambedkarites #hindutva #HinduYuvaVahini #CasteViolence #CommunalViolence #india

    thenewsminute.com/article/grou