#brahminism — Public Fediverse posts
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Renaming Caste, Retaining Privilege
Attempts to 'invisibilise' caste through definitional alterations – whether in terms of an organic community or of a cultural community – are enmeshed in long-range socioeconomic transformations. Ankur Barua and Vishal Ananthakumar write.
#caste #casteism #HinduPhilosophies #advaita #AdiShankara #vivekananda #HinduScriptures #manusmriti #AryaSamaj #BRAmbedkar #brahmins #TamilBrahmins #brahminism #class #untouchability #india
https://www.theindiaforum.in/caste/renaming-caste-retaining-privilege
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Intellectual Insurgency and Mahesh Raut
We are witnessing a pretend politics which lives on the time borrowed from a deferred revolution, write Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan (excerpted from the authors' book Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution: On Caste and Politics)
#BookExcerpt #BK16 #MaheshRaut #BhimaKoregaonCase #BhimaKoregaon #history #RSS #brahminism #BrahminHegemony #dalits #caste #SocialJustice #rights #UAPA #DraconianLaws #hindutva #books #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
https://thewire.in/rights/mahesh-raut-elgar-parishad-book-excerpt
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Dance and performance across boundaries of caste, gender and citizenship in India
Three recent books demonstrate how dancers negotiate individuality and collective identity through their work, and how their gender and sexuality is controlled and reproduced by caste mechanisms in modern Indian society. Ranjana Dave writes.
#BookReview #dance #caste #PerformingArts #brahminism #gender #masculinity #dalits #BRAmbedkar #mohiniyattam #tamasha #lavani #kuchipudi # #books #ShailajaPaik #HarshitaMruthintiKamath #RumyaSreePutcha #bookstodon #india
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Banaras Hindu University researches Manusmriti ‘applicability’
Banaras Hindu University is researching the continuing “applicability” of the Manusmriti, which codified what became the caste system and gave women the status of family property, with government funds earmarked for worldclass academic projects.
#UttarPradesh #BHU #manusmiriti #education #brahminism #casteism #CasteSystem #sexism #misogyny #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #hindutva #BJPStates #india
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Colonial and casteist ideas still shape criminalisation and policing in India
The disproportionate policing and incarceration of Denotified Tribes and other caste-oppressed communities must be understood as a result of colonial and Brahminical power, writes Nikita Sonawane.
#dalits #adivasis #casteism #CasteistPolicies #DenotifiedTribes #CriminalTribesAct #brahminism #policing #law #CasteDiscrimination #india
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Court Orders FIR Against MLA Bal Mukundacharya in Assault Case: Accused of Spitting and Kicking Dalit's Chest
Mukundacharya had won the Hawa Mahal seat by defeating Congress candidate RR Tiwari by a thin margin of 974 votes. He went around his constituency shutting down shops selling non-vegetarian food a day after being elected and later apologised for his actions after people complained about him to the National Human Rights Commission.
#rajasthan #BalMukundacharya #BJP #CasteViolence #dalits #brahminism #vegetarianism #casteism #caste #HateCrime #HumanRights #BJPStates #india
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California governor vetoes caste discrimination bill, calls it 'unnecessary'
Activists in the state are dealt a blow as Gavin Newsom says the state’s laws already offer civil rights protections.
#california #GavinNewsom #CasteDiscrimination #SB403 #dalits #adivasis #casteism #untouchability #brahminism #hinduism #hindutva #india
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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
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Meet the trio who will soon become TN's first women temple priests
Ranjitha, Ramya, and Krishnaveni are thrilled at the prospect of becoming the first women priests in Tamil Nadu but are also aware of the long and arduous journey that lies ahead of them.
#TamilNadu #TNGovt #HRCE #temples #WomenPriests #caste #equality #WomensRights #dalits #brahminism #untouchability #CasteDiscrimimation #DMK #hinduism #india
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'Dalits kept as cleaners': Brahmins dominate Sulabh toilets' top managerial positions
The founder of Sulabh International, Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, is said to have brought 'revolution' to the toilet system in India by introducing the concept of 'paid toilet' system. However, Sulabh International actually became the biggest beneficiary of the hypocrisy of a society which refuses to pay honourably to a community which is enslaved. Community people continue to work as manual scavengers.
https://www.counterview.net/2023/08/dalits-kept-as-cleaners-brahmins.html
#ManualScavenging #sanitation #dalits #HumanRights #CasteDiscrimination #SulabhInternational #CasteViolence #caste #labour #inequality #untouchability #brahminism #india
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Caste’s Role in Shaping Water Access Is Missing From Indian Environmental Discourse
Even as environmentalists and researchers wax eloquent about water access being a fundamental human right, they neglect the fact that caste is the single most important barrier to the actual realisation of this fundamental right.
#water #caste #dalits #adivasis #untouchability #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #brahminism #HumanRights #environment #india
https://thewire.in/caste/caste-water-access-missing-india-environmental-discourse
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‘14-15 Year-Old Girls Used To Get Married & Deliver Child Before 17 In Past, Read Manusmriti’: Gujarat HC In Plea For Termination Of Minor’s 7-Month Fetus
While dealing with a plea seeking termination of over 7-month-old fetus of a minor rape survivor (aged 16 years 11 months old), the Gujarat High Court orally observed as to how it was normal in the past for 14-15-year-old girls to get married and deliver a child before they turn 17.
#gujarat #GujaratHC #rape #pregnancy #abortion #ManuSmriti #justice #brahminism #hindutva #india
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Deal struck, Dalits can now enter temple in Villupuram village
About three peace meetings were earlier held after the SC members said the caste Hindus prevented them entry and assaulted three SC members of the village during a festival held on April 7.
#TamilNadu #villupuram #dalits #TempleEntry #untouchability #CasteDiscrimination #CasteHindus #brahminism #caste #casteism #india
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Why are upper castes such a loyal BJP vote bank?
Upper castes are one of the few (if not the only) group in India driven primarily by ideology and identity when it comes to voting choices, writes Shoaib Daniyal (article from March 2022).
#BJP #elections #caste #brahmins #hindutva #HinduNationalism #brahminism #baniyas #rajputs #brahmins #voting #economy #ideology #india
https://indiafix.stck.me/post/18204/The-India-Fix-Why-are-upper-castes-such-a-loyal-BJP-vote-bank