(CASTE)ING ‘THE INDIAN’ <http://blog.insightyv.com/?p=1358> A context to argue for Caste Census
by *Ranjith Thankappan* [image: indians]** *Bold and Beautiful ‘Indians’ : Barkha, Maniratnam and Amitabh Bacchan* Of late, Amitabh Bhachchan in his inimical style has blogged out to become the self-appointed member of the caste called ‘Indian’. In the similar fashion, the popular academics of the ilk Vivek Dhareswar, Nandini Sundar et al. have polemically put forward their case against including caste in the census 2010. An array of academic gentry follow suit as usual. And in popular culture, apart from Big B, there comes another Big B of the ‘B’-dominated national media- Barkha Dutt- singing the same old tune, the ‘caste of the Indian’ fuming in their blood, masked as ‘secular’ suiting the liberal democratic social attire of post-colonial societies. I would rather disagree with all these positions with due respect and put forward a context of lived experience to argue in favour of caste census, and of course in the same polemical vein. Read more… » <http://blog.insightyv.com/?p=1358#more-1358> www.blog.insightyv.com <http://blog.insightyv.com/?p=1358#more-1358> -- "Rosa sat so Martin could walk; Martin walked so Obama could run, Obama ran so your children can fly" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Our Media" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<our-media%[email protected]> . For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/our-media?hl=en. -- Ranjit -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
