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One More Look at the Caste System
“You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny.”—Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (IV.4.5)
Let us classify the castes (simplistic?) according to this principle:
If your deep, driving desire is for:
Knowledge and wisdom — then, you are a Brahmin
Power, authority, leadership — then, you are a Kshatriya
Money, resources — then, you are a Vaishya
Enjoyment — then, you are a Shudra
Someone commented: If so, a vast majority of the people in the world would love to be Shudras, isn’t it?
I replied: True, but without the acquisition of the other goods that the other higher castes are seeking, that enjoyment is precarious, hard to obtain, and cannot be sustained…and that does NOT mean the other castes are NOT enjoying…the Brahmin gets enjoyment from knowledge and wisdom, and that very knowledge and wisdom can bring in its train power, leadership, authority, money, resources, and enjoyment…but NOT necessarily in the measure in which the other castes are seeking them, but the Brahmin would have understood the significance of contentment, and therefore even if he has in less measure the goods that other castes have, he will still be as happy. But, every caste will have access to the goods of all the castes lower to it but very rarely access to the goods of the castes higher to it, if I can put it simplistically.
#Brahmins #BrihadaranyakaUpanishad #CasteInIndia #CasteSystem #Dalits #IndianSociety #Kshatriyas #Shudras #Vysyas -
The brits made a career out of #oppressing #people, they made a lifestyle out of oppressing people, but #oppression itself is not a #british thing - the Brits did it, the #Nazis did it, the #Brahmins did it, and today the #neonazis do it.
Abhijit Naskar, Making #Britain Civilized: How to Gain Readmission to The Human Race
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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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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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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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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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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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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
An idea that creates an exclusive group that does not allow others entry should not be given space at educational institutions, writes Apoorvanand.
#delhi #DelhiUniversity #brahminism #IndianUniversities #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #brahmins #caste #education #CasteSystem #india
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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
An idea that creates an exclusive group that does not allow others entry should not be given space at educational institutions, writes Apoorvanand.
#delhi #DelhiUniversity #brahminism #IndianUniversities #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #brahmins #caste #education #CasteSystem #india
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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
An idea that creates an exclusive group that does not allow others entry should not be given space at educational institutions, writes Apoorvanand.
#delhi #DelhiUniversity #brahminism #IndianUniversities #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #brahmins #caste #education #CasteSystem #india
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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
An idea that creates an exclusive group that does not allow others entry should not be given space at educational institutions, writes Apoorvanand.
#delhi #DelhiUniversity #brahminism #IndianUniversities #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #brahmins #caste #education #CasteSystem #india
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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
An idea that creates an exclusive group that does not allow others entry should not be given space at educational institutions, writes Apoorvanand.
#delhi #DelhiUniversity #brahminism #IndianUniversities #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #brahmins #caste #education #CasteSystem #india
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Not the BJP, but the Opposition Has Fielded More OBCs and Dalits in UP This Time
The INDIA bloc’s caste-wise distribution of candidates will not quite follow the ‘Pichda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak’ formula that Akhilesh Yadav promised – but will be a bold political manoeuvre where for the first time in a decade, the BJP will be on the backfoot.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #dalits #OBCs #brahmins #thakurs #BJP #NDA #INDIAAlliance #OppositionParties #caste #elections2024 #india
https://thewire.in/politics/not-bjp-but-opposition-more-obcs-dalits-up
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Sidelined by the Sangh, Karnataka's Billava community seeks political representation
Unfulfilled promises of political representation and a feeling of being taken for granted by the BJP are leading to a potential shift in the Billava allegiances in coastal Karnataka.
#karnataka #billavas #RSS #OBCs #shudras #brahmins #casteism #caste #hindutva #elections2024 #BJP #india
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
Dhp 383–423 From… Brāhmaṇavagga:Brahmins—Part 2
“Deep in wisdom, intelligent, expert in what is the path and what is not the path;…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/dhp-383-423-from-brahmanavaggabrahmins-part-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#brahmins #Dhammapada #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
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'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
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'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
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'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
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'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
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'Team Member Posted Incorrect Translation': Assam CM on 'Shudras to Serve Other Castes' Tweet
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X, formerly Twitter, to issue an apology and claimed that Assam was “casteless”.
#assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #BJP #brahminism #shudras #brahmins #kshatriyas #vaishyas #casteism #BhagavadGita #CasteSystem #varnas #caste #x #twitter #india
https://thewire.in/caste/himanta-biswa-sarma-caste-comment-shudra
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BJP's "Gujarat Model" Falls Flat In Karnataka. Data Explained
Before the election, the BJP made two bold moves - one, to wean away from dependency on strong Lingayat political leaders who have usually held the reins of the BJP in Karnataka.
#karnataka #KarnatakaElections #caste #lingayats #SCST #brahmins #vokkaligas #muslims #BJP #INC #congress #hindutva #KarnatakaResults #gujarat #india
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjps-gujarat-model-falls-flat-in-karnataka-data-explained-4034881
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Why Kamal Nath’s Hindutva lite might dent Congress in this Madhya Pradesh region
Even Congress leaders worry that his public religiosity is turning OBCs against the party in Chhatarpur district, home to the temple of Bageshwar Dham.
#AssemblyElections2023 #MadhyaPradesh #chhatarpur #KamalNath #congress #hindutva #INC #OBCs #dalits #brahmins #rajputs #casteism #caste #BJPStates #india
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Bihar caste survey shows OBCs, EBCs comprise over 63% of population
Bihar has 36% Extremely Backward Class, 27.13% Other Backward Class; 19.65% are Scheduled Caste, 14% Yadavs, 3% Musahars and 3.65% Brahmins.
https://scroll.in/latest/1056926/bihar-caste-survey-obcs-ebcs-comprise-over-63-of-population
#bihar #CasteSurvey #OBCs #EBCs #SCs #brahmins #hindus #muslims #caste #SocialJustice #representation #BiharGovt #india
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Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite: an interview with Ajantha Subramanian, author of 'The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India'. (From October 2020)
caste #merit #CasteDiscrimination #UpperCastes #brahminism #brahmins #education #reservations #IITs #india #books #bookstodon #AjanthaSubramanian
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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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Bihar caste survey shows OBCs, EBCs comprise over 63% of population
Bihar has 36% Extremely Backward Class, 27.13% Other Backward Class; 19.65% are Scheduled Caste, 14% Yadavs, 3% Musahars and 3.65% Brahmins.
https://scroll.in/latest/1056926/bihar-caste-survey-obcs-ebcs-comprise-over-63-of-population
#bihar #CasteSurvey #OBCs #EBCs #SCs #brahmins #hindus #muslims #caste #SocialJustice #representation #BiharGovt #india
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Bihar caste survey shows OBCs, EBCs comprise over 63% of population
Bihar has 36% Extremely Backward Class, 27.13% Other Backward Class; 19.65% are Scheduled Caste, 14% Yadavs, 3% Musahars and 3.65% Brahmins.
https://scroll.in/latest/1056926/bihar-caste-survey-obcs-ebcs-comprise-over-63-of-population
#bihar #CasteSurvey #OBCs #EBCs #SCs #brahmins #hindus #muslims #caste #SocialJustice #representation #BiharGovt #india
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Bihar caste survey shows OBCs, EBCs comprise over 63% of population
Bihar has 36% Extremely Backward Class, 27.13% Other Backward Class; 19.65% are Scheduled Caste, 14% Yadavs, 3% Musahars and 3.65% Brahmins.
https://scroll.in/latest/1056926/bihar-caste-survey-obcs-ebcs-comprise-over-63-of-population
#bihar #CasteSurvey #OBCs #EBCs #SCs #brahmins #hindus #muslims #caste #SocialJustice #representation #BiharGovt #india
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Bihar caste survey shows OBCs, EBCs comprise over 63% of population
Bihar has 36% Extremely Backward Class, 27.13% Other Backward Class; 19.65% are Scheduled Caste, 14% Yadavs, 3% Musahars and 3.65% Brahmins.
https://scroll.in/latest/1056926/bihar-caste-survey-obcs-ebcs-comprise-over-63-of-population
#bihar #CasteSurvey #OBCs #EBCs #SCs #brahmins #hindus #muslims #caste #SocialJustice #representation #BiharGovt #india
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100 years on, remembering Vaikom Satyagraha as an anti-caste civil rights movement
The Satyagraha was a fight for access to the roads surrounding the Vaikom Mahadeva temple for people of all castes, who were otherwise forced to use roundabout paths to reach their destinations.
#kerala #vaikom #VaikomSatyagraha #history #ezhavas #pulaiyas #dalits #NarayanaGuru #periyar #EVR #MKgandhi #AntiCasteMovement #CivilRights #untouchability #nairs #brahmins #casteism #CasteDiscrimination #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
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CJI Chandrachud's Diversified Supreme Court Has Only 14 Brahmin Judges Out Of 34: Senior Advocate Comments Sarcastically, Writes To Law Minister Saying Collegium Should "Practice Diversity"
Senior Advocate S. Basavaraj of the Karnataka High Court has written to the Union Law Minister complaining about the lack of diversity among judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts. "DYC's Diversified Supreme Court has only 14 Brahmin Judges out of 34 Judges", said the Senior Advocate sarcastically in a message on social media.
#IndianJudiciary #caste #brahmins #representation #DYChandrachud #SBasavaraj #india
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A Dalit scholar’s death and Brahmin dominance at India’s premier science institute
Fifteen years after a Dalit PhD student died by suicide at the IISc, students say the atmosphere is still stifling for students from marginalised communities.
#karnataka #bengaluru #IISc #dalits #brahmins #suicide #CasteViolence #caste #CssteDiscrimination #marginalisation #india
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Why the apologism over Perumal Murugan’s son’s wedding sets back anti-caste discourse
Writer Perumal Murugan’s son’s inter-caste wedding involving Brahminical rituals has been defended as a necessary compromise and a matter of individual choice, but such excuses only set back the anti-caste movement, writes Aazhi.
#TamilNadu #casteism #brahminism #gounders #brahmins #rituals #caste #AntiCasteMovement #PerumalMurugan #TMKrishna #hinduism #patriarchy #india
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Savarkar praised and called himself ‘Veer’ in biography penned by himself
Even in Maharashtra Savarkar has been a controversial personality with even the grandfather of Uddhav Thackeray accusing Savarkar of promoting falsehood and Brahminism.
#savarkar #RSS #hindutva #brahminism #FreedomStruggle #brahmins #revisionism #history #MKgandhi #maharashtra #india
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'Non-vegetarian' is the biggest casteist scam that has ever been pulled on Indians
What if everyone starts describing you as “a non-minor non-man from non-Mumbai, with a degree in non-Engineering and a passion for non-sports and non-Bollywood movies”?
#casteism #brahminism #vegetarianism #food #caste #culture #untouchability #IITBombay #brahmins #india
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CJI Chandrachud's Diversified Supreme Court Has Only 14 Brahmin Judges Out Of 34: Senior Advocate Comments Sarcastically, Writes To Law Minister Saying Collegium Should "Practice Diversity"
Senior Advocate S. Basavaraj of the Karnataka High Court has written to the Union Law Minister complaining about the lack of diversity among judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts. "DYC's Diversified Supreme Court has only 14 Brahmin Judges out of 34 Judges", said the Senior Advocate sarcastically in a message on social media.
#IndianJudiciary #caste #brahmins #representation #DYChandrachud #SBasavaraj #india
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CJI Chandrachud's Diversified Supreme Court Has Only 14 Brahmin Judges Out Of 34: Senior Advocate Comments Sarcastically, Writes To Law Minister Saying Collegium Should "Practice Diversity"
Senior Advocate S. Basavaraj of the Karnataka High Court has written to the Union Law Minister complaining about the lack of diversity among judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts. "DYC's Diversified Supreme Court has only 14 Brahmin Judges out of 34 Judges", said the Senior Advocate sarcastically in a message on social media.
#IndianJudiciary #caste #brahmins #representation #DYChandrachud #SBasavaraj #india
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CJI Chandrachud's Diversified Supreme Court Has Only 14 Brahmin Judges Out Of 34: Senior Advocate Comments Sarcastically, Writes To Law Minister Saying Collegium Should "Practice Diversity"
Senior Advocate S. Basavaraj of the Karnataka High Court has written to the Union Law Minister complaining about the lack of diversity among judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts. "DYC's Diversified Supreme Court has only 14 Brahmin Judges out of 34 Judges", said the Senior Advocate sarcastically in a message on social media.
#IndianJudiciary #caste #brahmins #representation #DYChandrachud #SBasavaraj #india
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CJI Chandrachud's Diversified Supreme Court Has Only 14 Brahmin Judges Out Of 34: Senior Advocate Comments Sarcastically, Writes To Law Minister Saying Collegium Should "Practice Diversity"
Senior Advocate S. Basavaraj of the Karnataka High Court has written to the Union Law Minister complaining about the lack of diversity among judges in the Supreme Court and High Courts. "DYC's Diversified Supreme Court has only 14 Brahmin Judges out of 34 Judges", said the Senior Advocate sarcastically in a message on social media.
#IndianJudiciary #caste #brahmins #representation #DYChandrachud #SBasavaraj #india
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Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite: an interview with Ajantha Subramanian, author of 'The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India'. (From October 2020)
caste #merit #CasteDiscrimination #UpperCastes #brahminism #brahmins #education #reservations #IITs #india #books #bookstodon #AjanthaSubramanian
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Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite: an interview with Ajantha Subramanian, author of 'The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India'. (From October 2020)
caste #merit #CasteDiscrimination #UpperCastes #brahminism #brahmins #education #reservations #IITs #india #books #bookstodon #AjanthaSubramanian
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Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite: an interview with Ajantha Subramanian, author of 'The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India'. (From October 2020)
caste #merit #CasteDiscrimination #UpperCastes #brahminism #brahmins #education #reservations #IITs #india #books #bookstodon #AjanthaSubramanian
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Sustaining the myth of merit
How technical knowledge became the preserve of a ‘meritorious’ upper-caste elite: an interview with Ajantha Subramanian, author of 'The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India'. (From October 2020)
caste #merit #CasteDiscrimination #UpperCastes #brahminism #brahmins #education #reservations #IITs #india #books #bookstodon #AjanthaSubramanian
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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