Historians trace the term "caste" to the Portuguese word casta, meaning class based on occupation ... Father Anthony Sebastian, who teaches social anthropology at government-run University of Madras, ...

Raju J Das reflects on how Marxists should respond to the current conjuncture, marked by a series of profound economic, political and ecological crises.

Food, a universal language, can also divide. More Than Just Food Indian cuisine intertwines with caste and class. Some dishes are deemed “pure,” others “impure,” dictating who cooks and ...

Clientelistic relationships or patron-client ties are typically asymmetrical in nature, in which politicians as patrons and voters as clients are linked through bonds of hierarchy, caste-identity ...

Many of these workers were either poor migrant or informal workers, who mostly belonged to marginalised caste or class communities ... a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at York University ...

By: Aarushie Sharma, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at York University ... for workers—that draws upon and reproduces historical inequalities of caste and class in urban India. This piece draws ...

1 Department of Anthropology, University of Calcutta ... In the Indian context, habitus acquires a nuanced dimension, interwoven with caste, class, ethnicity, and regional identities, influencing ...

Many of these workers were either poor migrant or informal workers, who mostly belonged to marginalized caste or class communities ... a Ph.D. candidate in Social Anthropology at York University ...

Karnataka's caste census report suggests raising reservations for Backward Communities from 32% to 51%, as they constitute nearly 70% of the state's population. The proposal includes extending ...

Amanda Weidman and research assistant S. Vasanthameenakshi outside the Mariamman Temple in Irakkangudi in Tamil Nadu Professor of Anthropology Amanda Weidman was awarded a Senior American Institute of ...

Alongside Sahil Sehgal and Reema Kaur, Mehta is serving as a producer of the Punjabi offering that explores the intersectionality of caste, class, gender and sexuality. “This is Hansal’s ...