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India’s Caste System. Dalit Protests and Nationalism. Meaning of Caste System. Varnashram Dharma Brahmin- Priests Khastriyas –Kings and Warriors Vaishyas –Traders and Peasants Sudras – Peasants, Artisans and Manual Workers Outside Caste Systems
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India’s Caste System Dalit Protests and Nationalism
Meaning of Caste System • Varnashram Dharma • Brahmin- Priests • Khastriyas –Kings and Warriors • Vaishyas –Traders and Peasants • Sudras – Peasants, Artisans and Manual Workers • Outside Caste Systems • Dalits ( oppressed): Untouchables confined to specifically designated demeaning Professions • Jati Bhed Pratha • Theory of Karma Paste deeds and Cycle of Rebirth
Colonialism and Caste System • Origin of the Word Caste • Making Sense of Complex Indian Social Reality • Reification of Cast System • Agrarian Society and the Spread of Caste Organization • Census and the reinforcement of Caste Identities • Social Mobility and Caste: Concept of Sanskritization • Caste and Division of Labor
Nationalism and the Question of Untouchability • Congress being predominantly High Caste Hindu Organization • Social Reform Movements and the Congress • Colonial Critique of Caste System • JotybaPhule and StyasadhakSamaj (April 11, 1827 — November 28, 1890) • Gandhi and Caste System • Gandhi and Untouchability • Rise of Ambdekar (14 April 1891 — 6 December 1956) • Ambedkar Gandhi Debate (1932)
Rise of Dalit Movements • Namasudra Movement in Bengal • Mangu Ram and Adi-DharmSamaj (14 Jan 1886- 22 April 1980) • E. V. Ramaswami "Periyar” (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), • Kanshi Ram and BahujanSamaj (March 15, 1934 – October 9, 2006) • Dalits in Contemporary India