Category Archives: caste

Caught in your game? | Saroj Giri

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Saroj Giri of Delhi University lambasts the anti-corruption campaign for being selective in its targets.  The target, the “you”, is the middle-class and/or elite anti-corruption activist who is against corruption not because it fleeces ordinary people, but because it prevents … Continue reading →

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Hundreds of lives reduced to rubble in Delhi: Paul Divakar « Kafila

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

Click on the link below to see the photos that accompany this heart-rending story. –PJ ———- “Today we witnessed most humiliating, fascist nature of pulverising already vulnerable communities – most of whom are Dalits and backward castes in Gayatri colony … Continue reading →

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Dalit houses burnt in UP village for celebrating Holi : India Today

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

A friend sent me this link.  Adding to my previous post on Holi and women, here’s a horrible example of how such festivals of “inversion” can actually reflect and exacerbate existing social inequalities and tensions. —PJ ———- “At least nine … Continue reading →

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