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The Persistence of Caste. The Khairlanji Murders and India's Hidden Apartheid.
Anand Teltumbde
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Paperback. While the caste system has been formally abolished under the Indian constitution, according to official statistics, every 18 minutes a crime is committed in India on a member of the dalit caste. This book explodes the myth that caste is a feudal relic, and argues that it has been well assimilated by both capitalist India and globalising India. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFFJ; JFSC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
While the caste system has been formally abolished under the Indian Constitution, according to official statistics, every eighteen minutes a crime is committed in India on a dalit-untouchable. The Persistence of Caste uses the shocking case of Khairlanji, the brutal murder of four members of a dalit family in 2006, to explode the myth that caste no longer matters. In this exposé, Anand Teltumbde locates the crime within the political economy of post-Independence India and across the global Indian diaspora. This book demonstrates how caste has shown amazing resilience - surviving feudalism, capitalist industrialization and a republican constitution - ... Read more
While the caste system has been formally abolished under the Indian Constitution, according to official statistics, every eighteen minutes a crime is committed in India on a dalit-untouchable. The Persistence of Caste uses the shocking case of Khairlanji, the brutal murder of four members of a dalit family in 2006, to explode the myth that caste no longer matters. In this exposé, Anand Teltumbde locates the crime within the political economy of post-Independence India and across the global Indian diaspora. This book demonstrates how caste has shown amazing resilience - surviving feudalism, capitalist industrialization and a republican constitution - ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848134492
SKU
V9781848134492
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About Anand Teltumbde
Anand Teltumbde is a human rights activist, writer, commentator and analyst of the contemporary dalit and left movements.
Reviews for The Persistence of Caste. The Khairlanji Murders and India's Hidden Apartheid.
'Anand Teltumbde's analysis of the public, ritualist massacre of a dalit family in 21st century India exposes the gangrenous heart of Indian society. This is not a book about the last days of relict feudalism, but a book about what modernity means in India.' Arundhati Roy 'Every foreigner, who does not see how odious the caste system is, must ... Read more