Great information about census and the caste becoming rigid as the British start associating caste identity with policy. Interesting mention of Kayasthas being highly education, but not Brahmin and consuming alcohol. The huge inequality of the small minority of Brahmins in the south in terms of property ownership including farmland, positions in govt and education. The proportion of dominant castes remains the same.
Ritual purity and diet used as techniques to differentiate. Gandhi vs Ambedkar in caste issues. High education among the Buddhists of Burma. The post independent strong affirmative policies. Mandal Commission. Supreme court rulings. Rise of BJP. OBC and Creamy Layer. And the new socio economic caste census of 2011.
By tomorrow three weeks of reading and completion of this chapter.
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