Varna and Caste: An Analysis-II

[contextly_sidebar id=”zVrg2wTehy85tSbJHmo9zLe6oySrYy9i”] In the previous article, I have shown the difference between the lenient Varna system and the rigid caste system. So, it is sensible to argue More...

Why is the world so obsessed with India’s caste system?

India’s caste system and ‘untouchability’ have been a matter of profound interest to a large number of social science researchers, historians, and even the general public in modern times. Perceptions of Indian More...

The caste system is a colonial idea

It was primarily under colonial Christian rule that the caste system as we know it today was defined, shaped and a narrative built around it. It’s time for India to take back the caste narrative in its own hands. More...

Ambedkar: a dispassionate assessment

I would like to share my individual and personal views on Ambedkar, a path breaker and rebel iconoclast I have tremendous regard for. This said, he perhaps needs to be also viewed through a prism that has been sidestepped More...