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True. Lazy analysts reduce the definition of ‘jaatiwaad’ to ‘discrimination’, arguing that one can have pride in own jaati and not discriminate against other jaatis and problem is solved.
Actually, it doesn’t work that way. Let me try explaining… https://twitter.com/harshmadhusudan/status/1288938779059744769
Actually, it doesn’t work that way. Let me try explaining… https://twitter.com/harshmadhusudan/status/1288938779059744769
The way jaatiwaad manifests itself is that for most Indians today, their jaati is their social-political identity, indeed their key identity. They may not actively look down upon other jaatis but still have little to do with them in terms of social interaction and relationships +
Result – only Pasis protest when a Pasi girl is gangraped-videographed by Adil & gang. Let alone Brahmins, even Valmikis or Jaatavs (fellow dalits) don’t join. When a Dhruv Tyagi is murdered by Alam & gang, Tyagis from Delhi & UP hold a Tyagi mahasabha to decide way forward +
When a Khyala family is killed by Azad, Kandera Rajputs hold protest and raise fund
What ‘right-wing’ on Twitter call ‘Muslim on Hindu’ attack manifests as ‘Muslim on Pasi/Nishad/Tyagi’ attack on ground. Dalit groups try in vain to bring hundreds of assorted castes under one +
What ‘right-wing’ on Twitter call ‘Muslim on Hindu’ attack manifests as ‘Muslim on Pasi/Nishad/Tyagi’ attack on ground. Dalit groups try in vain to bring hundreds of assorted castes under one +
dalit’ label even as they refuse even ‘roti-beti sambandh’ among themselves. Jaatiwaad essentially manifests in the mind-boggling compartmentalisation of our society.
Ground reality shows that this compartmentalisation means that at any given point, the Hindu society is only +
Ground reality shows that this compartmentalisation means that at any given point, the Hindu society is only +
as strong as the strongest jaati.
Unless Hindus’ sense of identity goes beyond jaati, jaatiwaad remains.
Unless Hindus’ sense of identity goes beyond jaati, jaatiwaad remains.
References for cases cited in point number 3 and 4
1. https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/i-said-bhaiya-leave-me-for-bhagwans-sake-they-said-take-allahs-name-instead-dalit-gangrape-survivor-from-kaushambi-recalls-the-horror
2. https://swarajyamag.com/politics/kaushambi-gangrape-already-marginalised-minority-dalits-of-ghosiya-village-shamed-by-attack-on-dignity
1. https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/i-said-bhaiya-leave-me-for-bhagwans-sake-they-said-take-allahs-name-instead-dalit-gangrape-survivor-from-kaushambi-recalls-the-horror
2. https://swarajyamag.com/politics/kaushambi-gangrape-already-marginalised-minority-dalits-of-ghosiya-village-shamed-by-attack-on-dignity
3. https://swarajyamag.com/politics/moti-nagar-murder-how-outsiders-are-making-locals-feel-vulnerable
4. https://swarajyamag.com/politics/fear-of-the-butchers-knife-in-new-delhi
4. https://swarajyamag.com/politics/fear-of-the-butchers-knife-in-new-delhi
