Rethinking caste: Why we can’t be so one-dimensional

Sociologist Ashis Nandy’s comments about caste and corruption at the Jaipur Literary Festival (JLF) kicked up a storm. Politicians who get votes on the basis of caste took umbrage. This is as opportune a time as any to look at the broader issue of caste discrimination that existed between the forward and backward classes. The question is: how could Indian civilisation have survived 5,000 years if discrimination was the only element of caste?

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