In Sharankumar Limbale’s ‘Sanatan’, Caste is the only ‘eternal’ truth

The veteran Marathi litterateur, Sharankumar Limbale’s Sanatan (translated by Paromita Sengupta) is among the most ambitious ...
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Review: Caste; A Global Story by Suraj Milind Yengde

In July 1982, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was set to visit the US. Triumphant after her return from the political wilderness following the debacle of the Emergency, Gandhi’s meetings with US ...

‘Real Life’: Amrita Mahale’s new novel considers women who violate the mandates of caste and gender

Amrita Mahale’s Real Life, published seven years after the publication of her acclaimed debut novel Milk Teeth, is the story ...
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Review: Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages edited by Prathama Banerjee

The antecedents of caste are generally mired in speculation and popular mythography. Among modern scholars of the subject, the question of the past, and therefore, that of religion, religiosity, ...