caste
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Is Brahmin a controversial word
X.T.M asks whether the word Brahmin is controversial and wonders why Hindus cannot reform caste while keeping its benefits, as an outsider who believes in equality.
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Reinforcing Caste Boundaries in Everyday Social Interactions
X.T.M cites a thesis on how upper-class Bania women help uphold caste boundaries in daily life, notes a statistic on Bania and Brahmin dominance of corporate boards, and contrasts Indian…
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Bengalis are all basically very similar (except for Brahmins)
Razib Khan reads a new genome study as showing West Bengalis and Bangladeshis are broadly similar, with more East Asian ancestry in Bangladeshis and more variance in West Bengal, probably…
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The 100th Browncast with Amey the Maratha
The 100th BrownCast: Razib Khan and Amey talk about Sri Lankan genetics, the absence or presence of casteism in the USA, American immigration policy, and how William Dalrymple triggers Amey’s…
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Open Thread – 09/10/2023 – Brown Pundits
Open Thread, 10 September 2023: the host plans a podcast on caste for the week and links to earlier posts on the topic.
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The creation of Homo General Category
The author argues that the Indian American caste debate overlooks that about 85% of Indian American Hindus are General Category, and that America is a caste shredder, with many US-born…
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Jatitva: When Caste Becomes a Cancer
The author argues that caste politics is the most corrosive element in Indian democracy today and coins ‘Jatitva’ for the idea that the state should serve one’s caste, a counterpart…
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Female labor force participation in India
Reacting to a Wall Street Journal piece, the author argues that India’s low female workforce participation of 24% contrasts with Bangladesh’s textile-driven 38%, and compares the effect of young women’s…
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The 100th Brownpundits Browncast
The 100th BrownCast: Razib Khan and Mukunda Raghavan talk to Pushpita Prasad and Sudha Jagannathan of the Coalition of the Hindus of North America about the caste question in the…
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Open Thread – 07/13/2023 – Brown Pundits
Open Thread, 13 July 2023: opens with a linked article headed ‘The Fragility of the Caste-Oppression Hypothesis’ on caste discrimination claims in the West.
