Unfolding Caste The Dynamics of Casteism and Caste Based Discrimination
Panel Discussion – Unfolding Caste The Dynamics of Casteism and Caste Based Discrimination
SARIM invited a regionally diverse panel to discuss caste and caste based discrimination in South Asia moderated by a Dalit activist, Anubhav Singh. The accredited panel put forward their understanding of caste as a social institution of graded inequality. It was agreed that casteism is a contemporary phenomena and is effectively used to maintain and reproduce inequality and potential for exploitation. Relationship of caste with religion and socio-economic factors were also discussed. Multiple aspects were brought in light by the panelists in their insightful discussion such as caste and occupational mobility, relationship of cast inequality and neo-liberalism, invisibilization of cast and impact of affirmative action policy.
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Moderator: Anubhav Singh Dalit Activist & Independent Researcher Fletcher School of International Affairs, Tufts University, USA
Panelists:
1. Dr. Ajantha Subramanian Prof. Department Chair Mehra Family, Prof. of South Asian Studies, Harvard University, USA
2. Dr. Satish Deshpande Prof. Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, India
3. Dr. Ghazal Asif Assistant Professor of Anthropology, LUMS University, Pakistan
4. Dr. Thanges Paramsothy PhD in Anthropology, University of East London, UK & Co-editor of Casteless or Caste-blind
5. Arif Hussain Community Organizer and Researcher – Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
6. Rachana Sunar Human Rights Activist, Founder of IDEA, Nepal
Organizer: Sumbul Yousuf – Associate Project Director – SARIM
