caste
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Many types of India prepare to Vote
The poster excerpts a reader comment as a tribute to the many different Indias beyond Modi’s Bharat, arguing that caste has been channelled into democracy and that family networks keep…
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BrownCast Podcast episode 20: Conversation with a middle-class Dalit
The host talks to a university-educated, middle-class Dalit in Gujarat, who describes everyday slights rather than daily oppression in urban India. The host notes this seems far from Jim Crow,…
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Do you want to join the Caste of the Europeans?
The poster types out excerpts from Owen Chadwick’s The Reformation on a Portuguese Jesuit in Madurai who let converts keep Hindu customs and respected caste, and says it shows how…
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The Five Great Brahmin Castes and their proclivities
Zach muses on Brahmin sub-castes, saying north-western communities such as Sindhis and Punjabis pursue different professions, and speculates that exposure to Islamicate ways reduced inclination for science. He also defends…
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We are all Aryans now
Drawing on a chapter he wrote for a forthcoming Indian book, the author argues that almost all South Asians are Aryans in the genetic sense, since Indo-Aryan steppe ancestry runs…
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Marathas, Mauryas & Moghul
A note on an atlas that moves India from Mughal to Maratha to independence, followed by the author’s theory that desis obsess over skin colour because poor grooming and pollution…
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No such thing as South India
Responding to Rajmohan Gandhi’s article and a tweet denying that ‘South India’ exists, the author suggests caste and creed have dramatically weakened regional identities in India, and that South India…
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Brahmins really need to stop caste-dropping; seriously!
A short complaint that Brahmins on social media often humble-brag their caste, which the author calls poor taste, with links to two tweets.
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The Pakistani Myth that made us Great-
Prompted by Ambedkar’s account of why Brahmins gave up beef and began worshipping the cow, the author doubts the Indian interest in ancestry testing, notes that genetics suggests caste predates…
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Protecting Brahmin Izzat
Reacting to two Twitter threads, the author objects to outsiders opining on caste, says conference hosts underrate what South Asian passport holders endure to get visas, and argues Brahmin izzat…
