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Dr. Audrey Truschke
AudreyTruschke
Wow. Lots to analyze here... here goes nothing. #THREAD https://twitter.com/Profdilipmandal/status/1358264946921005056 Right off the bat, racism. Like, wow, eye-popping racism.Both racism and colorism are serious problems in modern India. W
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Deepu Chandran
deepuchandranpk
Lockdown and general lack of travel turned out to be a boon for reading. Books enjoyed in 2020 in no particular order. Also, some are old ones that I found
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nik
RaiNotWheat
With the deepest respect, I disagree with @Isabelwilkerson's recent piece in The New York Times comparing America's racial hierarchies to the caste system in India. /1 (Thread) To fully understand
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Swati Goel Sharma
swati_gs
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,
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Devbutt Fucknaik
GoofySufi
Fellow UCs, when Dalit, Bahujan, Adivasis ask us to submit to their leadership, our mind, bodies will react because we are historically not at all used to being in that
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Divya Malhari
Datlitwriter
I've made a conscious decision to not reply to random ppl on twitter who ask me to explain about caste for the 100th time. I'm not running an IAS coaching
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Swati Goel Sharma
swati_gs
Amid important statement by law minister that Dalits converting to Islam or Christianity are not entitled to SC quota, sharing five case studies by me where Dalit women and men
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Mathieu Ferry
mathieu_kf
How does the ‘tale of two Indias’ look like when examining intergenerational mobility? What’s the fate of Professionals’ sons? Do Laborers’ sons experience upward mobility? …The main pattern is social
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Anandita🏳️🌈🎄
devilsxblessing
It's the 73rd Independence Day of India. Kashmir is still under siege, devoid of basic prerogatives to freedom of speech. Activists from all over the country are being booked under
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Yashica Dutt
YashicaDutt
If the weeks of protest against #MadamChiefMinister & response by the crew/actors have taught us anything is that:Dalit Bahujan voices matter.So proud of all DBA folks who called out the
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अमरेश
BindAmresh
Arundhati Roy labeled India as a Brahmin baniya upper caste hegemonical corporate military state. This is funny for several reasons. One is of course for lunacy in Roy who descriptively
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Sankul
sankul333
How the BMC has been the #DeathOfDemocracy for a long time : a thread The BMC has a long history of demolishing illegal structures, however since these are slums where
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Tathagata Roy
tathagata2
Today is the anniversary of the Marichjhaanpi massacre. This day in 1978 Jyoti Basu's policemen and goons together set upon 40,000 helpless and beleaguered Hindu refugees,all Dalits,in an island of
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Malarăsculat.
caselchris1
For those who think caste-based discrimination is somehow worse in corporate America, here’s a thread on caste and corporate India.https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/06/30/business/30reuters-cisco-lawsuit.html#:~:text=It%20states%20he%2
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Asim Ali
AsimAli6
This poster is pretty horrible. It reinforces stereotypes, rather than invert them, as Dalit leaders have historically done. Mayawati wore elegant clothes, flaunted her jewellery and handbags as a symbol
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Vishal Ganesan
vjgtweets
Interesting piece on the geography of farmer suicides in India. Looks like Punjab and Mizoram are the two states where farmer suicides in 2018 surpassed the overall suicide rate. What's
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