The colonial-missionary roots of 'caste' and 'tribe'
The flawed application of a Christian-European lens to the understanding of Bharat’s social organisation laid the foundations for its contemporary interpretations
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Striving for Begumpura: Traversing the Intellectual Activism of Gail Omvedt
Writer, researcher, life-long fellow traveller of the progressive movements and long-time author with the Economic & Political Weekly, Gail Omvedt passed away on 25 August 2021. In this reading list, we present some of the highlights of her scholarship published in EPW.
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Land, caste, class and gender – Gail Omvedt's writings were united in their vision of utopia
A tribute to the scholar who died on August 25.
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Jotirao Phule: The Mahatma who identified with the exploited farmer
Jotirao Phule: The Mahatma who identified with the exploited farmer In 1882, Jotirao Phule began touring the rural areas outside Pune, getting to know firsthand the plight of the kunbi cultivators, addressing large gatherings and organizing a boycott of Brahmins and moneylenders. The speeches that he wrote for these gatherings later became ‘Cultivator’s Whipcord’ If Mahatma Jotirao Phule were alive today, he would wholeheartedly support the farmers’ protest and tell the Supreme Court, hearing the petitions challenging the validity of reservations for Marathas, “Well, all Marathi-sp...
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