A PHD Student at IIT Bombay recently was given a anti India/Hindu propagandist leaflet at his collage campus and this is his view on it [...]
A PHD Student at IIT Bombay recently was given a anti India/Hindu propagandist leaflet at his collage campus and this is his view on it [...]
Today casteism is rampant. It is a new phenomenon. Old India had castes but not casteism. In its present form, casteism is a construct of colonial period, a product of imperial policies and colonial scholarship. It was strengthened by the breast-beating of our own “reformers”. Today, it has acquired its own momentum and vested interests. [...]
The public image of the Brahmins, for instance, is that of an affluent, pampered class. But is it so today? There are 50 Sulabh Shauchalayas (public toilets) in Delhi; all of them are cleaned and looked after by Brahmins (this very welcome public institution was started by a Brahmin). A far cry from the elitist [...]