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A response to “The Impossibility of ‘Dalit Studies’” by Ankit Kawade (EPW, 23 November 2019) points out that the possibility of living the life of the mind can be realised in Dalit studies itself if experience is posited as the necessary condition for theorisation. The necessity of theorisation in “Dalit studies” is slowly becoming the centre of focus in academia as against the earlier tendencies to reduce it into a sociological, historical or political discourse. 1 However, “Dalit studies” is still largely viewed as the study of exclusionary practices, which fosters “...

Research Radio Ep 11: The Impossibility of ‘Dalit Studies’ In this episode, we speak to Ankit Kawade about the exclusionary character of higher education curriculums, and the implications of institutionalising Dalit Studies.   Colleges and universities hold the potential to transform society by raising social consciousness and enabling social and economic mobility. Historically and today, however, this potential has been constrained by accessibility barriers, deficiencies in curriculums, skewed funding allocations, among other factors. Ankit Kawade, who is an MPhil candidate at the Cen...