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Seeing the Violence of Caste, Literally, Visually

by rti_adminon May 24, 2016March 20, 20230

Sruthi Herbert I have a major deadline to meet next week, and this must be why all those things I feel I should write come to me at this moment. Below is a screenshot from the movie Kammath & Kammath that released in Kerala in 2013. Before I go further, let me explain that I …

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Caste, Friendship & Solidarity

by rti_adminon May 17, 2016March 20, 20231

Christina Thomas Dhanaraj The practice of caste in India and the rest of South Asia is indisputable. The 3000-year old oppressive structure has its footprint in pretty much everything that is remotely Indian or South Asian. And no, 60 years of being a Republic, or the Mandal commission couldn’t do much to erase it. …