Caste pride: battles for equality in Hindu India
Mitta , Manoj
Caste pride: battles for equality in Hindu India - Chennai Context 2023. - 596 p.
In this masterful work, Manoj Mitta examines the endurance and violence of the Hindu caste system through the lens of the law. Linking two centuries of legal reform with social movements, he unearths the characters, speeches, confusions and decisions that have shaped the war on caste, mitigating how this ancient institution discriminated between Hindus across the board. Where they could live, how they could dress, whether they could go to a shop, a stream, walk a street or mingle, enter a temple, whom and how they could marry, which scriptures applied to whom, whether their actions, innocent or criminal, would attract punishment or impunity.
9789357762946
Social Sector
Hindu India
Caste
Equality
305.51220954133 / MIT
Caste pride: battles for equality in Hindu India - Chennai Context 2023. - 596 p.
In this masterful work, Manoj Mitta examines the endurance and violence of the Hindu caste system through the lens of the law. Linking two centuries of legal reform with social movements, he unearths the characters, speeches, confusions and decisions that have shaped the war on caste, mitigating how this ancient institution discriminated between Hindus across the board. Where they could live, how they could dress, whether they could go to a shop, a stream, walk a street or mingle, enter a temple, whom and how they could marry, which scriptures applied to whom, whether their actions, innocent or criminal, would attract punishment or impunity.
9789357762946
Social Sector
Hindu India
Caste
Equality
305.51220954133 / MIT