Caste


Annihilation of Caste
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Republic of Caste: Thinking Equality in the Time of Neoliberal Hindutva
Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India
Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir
Caste Matters
Why I Am Not a Hindu
The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
The God of Small Things
The Persistence of Caste: The Khairlanji Murders and India's Hidden Apartheid
Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development
Karukku
Untouchable
Joothan: An Untouchable's Life
The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarTamil Brahmans by C.J. FullerAffairs of Caste by Sumeet SamosAryans, Jews, Brahmins by Dorothy M. FigueiraWhy I Am Not a Hindu by Kancha Ilaiah
Explorations on Caste
33 books — 2 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDivergent by Veronica RothThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Color-Coded Clothing
31 books — 24 voters
The Exercise of Freedom by Susie TharuMotherwit by Urmila PawarThe Grip of Change by P. SivakamiUnclaimed Terrain by Ajay NavariaThe Branded by Laxman Gaikwad
Dalit Literature
103 books — 10 voters

Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek ShanbhagCobalt Blue by Sachin KundalkarOne Part Woman by Perumal MuruganSamskara by U.R. AnanthamurthyPather Panchali by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Indian Fiction Translated Into English
340 books — 26 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarThe Persistence of Caste by Anand TeltumbdeUntouchables Castes in India by ShyamlalHaunted by Fire by Mythily SivaramanRepublic of Caste by Anand Teltumbde
Caste Discrimination
95 books — 3 voters

“ Why do we need reservation in Private sectors? Private sector reservation is not just a matter of employment—it is a matter of democratic justice and representation in a society where caste continues to determine who gets hired, promoted, funded, and heard. Without reservation, Dalits remain invisible in boardrooms, media, law firms, tech companies, and startups. As Suraj Yengde points out in Caste Matters (2019), “In India's new economy, Dalits are the untouchables of the digital age. There is ...more ”
― Dr.Thanigaivelan Santhakumar

Santosh Kalwar
“ I have discovered that some groups and castes are offered little to no opportunity to work in the public sector in Nepal. ”
― Santosh Kalwar, Why Nepal Fails

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