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The Persistence of Caste: India's Hidden Apartheid and the Khairlanji Murders by Anand Teltumbde is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Persistence of Caste: India's Hidden Apartheid and the Khairlanji Murders about?
While the caste system has been formally abolished under the Indian constitution, according to official statistics, every eighteen minutes a crime is committed in India on a member of the dalit caste. __The Persistence of Caste__ uses the shocking case of "Khairlanji," the brutal murder of an entire Dalit family in 2006, to explode the myth that caste is a feudal relic, and argues that it has been well assimilated not only by capitalist India, but also Globalising India - spreading out through the diaspora. The author argues that anti-caste activism itself has reflected and reinforced the worst stereotypes, identifying foes and friends in obsolete terms, and that in post-independence India, the authority of Caste has found a new ally - the state and its police. This shocking and insightful new analysis will not only provide a fascinating introduction into the issue of caste in a globalised world, but will sharpen any readers' understanding of caste dynamics as they actually exist.
Who reads The Persistence of Caste: India's Hidden Apartheid and the Khairlanji Murders?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Anand Teltumbde
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781848134492
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Anthropology, Social_sciences