Nidhin Shobhana This book review can be divided into three sections. The first part would briefly try to situate the book and the author in the social and political contexts of Colonial South India (esp. Madras Presidency) in early twentieth century. The second part would discuss the major arguments in the book1. The final …
‘Caste, Memory and Struggle: Returning to Lakshmipeta’
[Via Mohan Dharavath] A meeting on ‘Caste, Memory and Struggle: Returning to Lakshmipeta‘ on 04-09-2012, Time: 5 pm, Place: Room No. 1, New Academic block EFL University
Maintained by the State (VII: 133)
Anu Ramdas This extract is from the book Dharmatheertha, No Freedom with Caste, The Menace of Hindu Imperialism, edited by G. Aloysius: It is clear therefore that the motive of the priests in forming an exclusive caste was not any consideration of a religious or spiritual or racial nature but one of sheer greed for …