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IndiaNewsWatch<p>Renaming Caste, Retaining Privilege</p><p>Attempts to &#39;invisibilise&#39; caste through definitional alterations – whether in terms of an organic community or of a cultural community – are enmeshed in long-range socioeconomic transformations. Ankur Barua and Vishal Ananthakumar write.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/caste" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>caste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/casteism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>casteism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HinduPhilosophies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HinduPhilosophies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/advaita" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>advaita</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AdiShankara" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AdiShankara</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vivekananda" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vivekananda</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HinduScriptures" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HinduScriptures</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manusmriti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>manusmriti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AryaSamaj" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AryaSamaj</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BRAmbedkar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BRAmbedkar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brahmins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brahmins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TamilBrahmins" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TamilBrahmins</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brahminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brahminism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/class" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>class</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/untouchability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>untouchability</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theindiaforum.in/caste/renaming-caste-retaining-privilege" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theindiaforum.in/caste/renamin</span><span class="invisible">g-caste-retaining-privilege</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>RJD’s Chandra Shekhar compares Ramcharitmanas to potassium cyanide, stirs row</p><p>The Bihar education minister said that while Hindu scriptures had many good things to offer, they were equally problematic in some aspects.</p><p><a href="https://scroll.in/latest/1056036/rjds-chandra-shekhar-compares-ramcharitmanas-to-potassium-cyanide-stirs-row" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">scroll.in/latest/1056036/rjds-</span><span class="invisible">chandra-shekhar-compares-ramcharitmanas-to-potassium-cyanide-stirs-row</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bihar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bihar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChandraShekhar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChandraShekhar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RJD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RJD</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanatanaDharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SanatanaDharma</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanatanDharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SanatanDharma</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ramcharitmanas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ramcharitmanas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brahminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brahminism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/casteism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>casteism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CasteDiscrimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CasteDiscrimation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HinduScriptures" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HinduScriptures</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manusmriti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>manusmriti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/golwalkar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>golwalkar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Marriage equality: Why queer unions should deviate from Brahmanical traditions</p><p>The &#39;ideal&#39; hetero-structure of marriages in India is embedded in Brahmanical traditions and caste endogamy. In order to not replicate this character of marriage, the philosophy underlying Hindu queer unions must be a radical deviation from the former.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarriageEquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MarriageEquality</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerUnions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>QueerUnions</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GayWeddings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GayWeddings</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brahminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brahminism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manusmriti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>manusmriti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/caste" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>caste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SelfRespectMarriages" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SelfRespectMarriages</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sexuality</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/marriage-equality-why-queer-unions-should-deviate-brahmanical-traditions-181022" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenewsminute.com/article/marr</span><span class="invisible">iage-equality-why-queer-unions-should-deviate-brahmanical-traditions-181022</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>‘14-15 Year-Old Girls Used To Get Married &amp; Deliver Child Before 17 In Past, Read Manusmriti’: Gujarat HC In Plea For Termination Of Minor’s 7-Month Fetus</p><p>While dealing with a plea seeking termination of over 7-month-old fetus of a minor rape survivor (aged 16 years 11 months old), the Gujarat High Court orally observed as to how it was normal in the past for 14-15-year-old girls to get married and deliver a child before they turn 17.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gujarat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gujarat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GujaratHC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GujaratHC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rape</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pregnancy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManuSmriti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ManuSmriti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brahminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brahminism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-high-court/gujarat-high-court-normal-14-15-year-old-girls-get-married-deliver-child-manusmriti-termination-minor-7-month-fetus-230313" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livelaw.in/high-court/gujarat-</span><span class="invisible">high-court/gujarat-high-court-normal-14-15-year-old-girls-get-married-deliver-child-manusmriti-termination-minor-7-month-fetus-230313</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Opinion: Devanuru’s book forces us to accept the centrality of casteism in RSS project</p><p>Devanuru Mahadeva identifies the present moment as a battle between the Indian constitution and the caste system – a key axis of inequality and oppression that the constitution sought to undo.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DevanuraMahadeva" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DevanuraMahadeva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/casteism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>casteism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brahminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brahminism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/caste" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>caste</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manusmriti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>manusmriti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nazism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nazism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BJP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BJP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/opinion-devanuru-s-book-forces-us-accept-centrality-casteism-rss-project-172452" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenewsminute.com/article/opin</span><span class="invisible">ion-devanuru-s-book-forces-us-accept-centrality-casteism-rss-project-172452</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Ramcharitmanas spreads hatred just like Golwalkar’s ‘Bunch of Thoughts’: Bihar Minister</p><p>Bihar Education Minister Chandra Sekhar said that he was not the only one to bring out these references from Ramcharitmanas. “Babasaheb Ambedkar quoted the same facts and exposed it to the whole world,” he added.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bihar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bihar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RJD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RJD</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ramcharitmanas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ramcharitmanas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ambedkar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambedkar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hinduism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hinduism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/golwalkar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>golwalkar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BJP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BJP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manusmriti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>manusmriti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/casteism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>casteism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brahminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brahminism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newindian.in/ramcharitmanas-spreads-hatred-just-like-golwalkars-bunch-of-thoughts-bihar-minister/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newindian.in/ramcharitmanas-sp</span><span class="invisible">reads-hatred-just-like-golwalkars-bunch-of-thoughts-bihar-minister/</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Rajasthan Police Know Manusmriti, Not Bhagwad Gita, Was Burnt But Ambedkarites Remain in Jail</p><p>The Barmer police, yielding under pressure from several caste Hindu outfits, took action against anti-caste activists who hold the same peaceful event every year.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/casteism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>casteism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ambedkarites" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambedkarites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manusmriti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>manusmriti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rajasthan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rajasthan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/barmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>barmer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RajasthanPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RajasthanPolice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hinduism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hinduism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MastIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastIndia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://thewire.in/caste/rajasthan-police-know-manusmriti-not-bhagwad-gita-was-burnt-but-ambedkarites-remain-in-jail" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewire.in/caste/rajasthan-pol</span><span class="invisible">ice-know-manusmriti-not-bhagwad-gita-was-burnt-but-ambedkarites-remain-in-jail</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Three arrested in Barmer for allegedly burning Hindu religious scripture</p><p>Narpat Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police, said, &quot;The incident took place on December 25, when some persons took part in a deeksha (initiation) for Buddhism. It was organised by Bheem Sena. After the programme, they burnt the religious scripture Manusmriti.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManuSmriti" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ManuSmriti</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/casteism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>casteism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rajasthan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rajasthan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hinduism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hinduism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hindutva" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>hindutva</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BheemSena" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BheemSena</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MastIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastIndia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/jaipur/police-arrest-men-in-barmer-for-allegedly-burning-hindu-religious-scripture-8348561/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indianexpress.com/article/citi</span><span class="invisible">es/jaipur/police-arrest-men-in-barmer-for-allegedly-burning-hindu-religious-scripture-8348561/</span></a></p>