Caste is one form of social linkage that has mutated over centuries. From being fairly flexible and affording some mobility pre-CE, it became more closed and inward-looking, especially with the Islamic invasion.
Allahabad HC was dealing with a plea seeking to quash case of forgery & cheating. It noted that in FIR, the caste of all accused was mentioned, using terms like ‘Maali,’ ‘Thakur' & ‘Pahadi'.
India's social reform spirit has faded post-1947, with representation politics overshadowing deeper issues of caste & gender discrimination, economic progress, and meaningful change.
Professors Hilal Ahmed, Badri Narayan, Surendra Jodhka, and MP Manoj and poet Meena Kandasamy gathered in Delhi for a talk titled ‘Samaj se siyasat tak: Kaise toote jaati’.
Suchitra is not the only ‘insider’ leaking secrets in Tamil Nadu. Actor Bayilvan Ranganathan, who mostly discusses the lives of celebrity couples in Kollywood, also brings in the views.
Addressing students at Sciences Po university Friday, Congress MP said INDIA bloc will focus on inequality, strengthening backward communities and challenging idea of caste system.
The caste system narrative puts Hindus and Hinduism at fault for all injustices, even though the construct is the sociological feature of the Indian subcontinent.
Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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