caste
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Bollywood, Brahmins, Parsis & WASPs:
X.T.M argues that elites are reproduced by property, institutions and networks rather than blood, so intermarriage is usually a merger, not a threat, citing English aristocrats and American heiresses, Parsis,…
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Dravidian Progressivism is a Scam
Nachiketa answers X.T.M on Chennai, arguing that the city’s welfare and cleanliness cannot simply be credited to Dravidian progressivism, pointing to Tamil Nadu’s 97 percent caste endogamy rate and describing…
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The evolving understanding of varNa in Indian history
Nachiketa, writing as a self-described informed layperson, traces how varna evolved from the Rigvedic priest and warrior elites through the Vaishya and Shudra categories to the modern understanding shaped under…
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What Genetics Can, and Cannot, Explain About Caste
X.T.M summarises a WhatsApp exchange between two contributors over what ancestry data can show about caste, noting that no group maps cleanly onto caste or purity, and that the real…
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Macaulay, English, and the Myth of Colonial Liberation
X.T.M rebuts the claim that criticising Macaulay and English harms Dalit, Shudra and Adivasi mobility, arguing that adapting to a colonial system is not vindication of it and that Macaulay…
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Where Do Brahmins Come From?
X.T.M argues that the claim ‘all Brahmins come from Kannauj’ is wrong, since Kannauj was one medieval centre among many, and that Brahmins have several regional origins but share paternal…
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Why Brown Pundits Needs a Spine, Not a Consensus
X.T.M answers charges that BP leans one way, saying he moderates by the civilisational context of the speaker, not by politics. He blames lapsed editorial oversight for recent rows and…
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BP may have just jumped the shark
X.T.M mocks a claim that a Brahmin calling someone sub-human is casteist, arguing that an insult is an insult and that caste-specific moral disclaimers amount to moral policing.
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Why we must talk about caste
X.T.M argues that a caste jibe set off a reader boycott on BP, and that controversial voices are what keep the comment threads alive. He concludes caste is the deep…
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Caste, Civilisation, and the Courage to Own It
A short personal reply arguing that the author sees nothing wrong with Akhand Bharat or a broader Dharmic civilisation, that questioning caste identities should not be taboo, and that he…
