Caste pride : battles for equality in Hindu India / Manoj Mitta.

By:

Mitta, Manoj

Publisher: Chennai : Context, an imprint of Westland Publications Private Limited, 2023Description: xxviii, 596 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789357762946 (hbk)

DDC classification:

305.5122

Contents:

STYLE NOTE; LEGAL MILESTONES IN THE BATTLES AGAINST CASTE; PREFACE; I. EARLY CODES 1. THE PUNISHMENT RESERVED FOR LOWER CASTES; 2. THE PREROGATIVE TO COVER BREASTS; 3. THE FIGHT TO BURN WOMEN ALIVE; 4. THE EPIPHANY BEHIND THE FIRST LAW AGAINST CASTE; II. IMPURE MAJORITY; 5. THREE SHADES OF TWICE-BORN; 6. A WEDDING WITHOUT A BRAHMIN; 7. BREAKING THE SILENCE ON UNTOUCHABILITY; 8. THE OUTRAGE OF MARRYING UP; III. ACCESS BARRIERS; 9. THE EXCLUSIVITY OF PUBLIC PLACES; 10. THE DRAMA OF ABOLITION; 11. CRIMINALISING A PIOUS CUSTOM; 12. THE POSTHUMOUS VINDICATION OF AMBEDKAR; IV. TEMPLE ENTRY; 13. AMBEDKAR'S FORGOTTEN BILL; 14. GANDHI'S BALANCING ACT; 15. CONGRESS EXPERIMENTS UNDER COLONIAL RULE; 16. THE CONSTITUTION'S TELL-TALE CLAUSE; V. IMPUNITY FOR VIOLENCE; 17. WHEN JUDGES LET OFF MASS KILLERS; 18. THE DENIAL OF THE CASTE ANGLE; EPILOGUE; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX.

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STYLE NOTE;
LEGAL MILESTONES IN THE BATTLES AGAINST CASTE;
PREFACE;
I. EARLY CODES
1. THE PUNISHMENT RESERVED FOR LOWER CASTES;
2. THE PREROGATIVE TO COVER BREASTS;
3. THE FIGHT TO BURN WOMEN ALIVE;
4. THE EPIPHANY BEHIND THE FIRST LAW AGAINST CASTE;
II. IMPURE MAJORITY;
5. THREE SHADES OF TWICE-BORN;
6. A WEDDING WITHOUT A BRAHMIN;
7. BREAKING THE SILENCE ON UNTOUCHABILITY;
8. THE OUTRAGE OF MARRYING UP;
III. ACCESS BARRIERS;
9. THE EXCLUSIVITY OF PUBLIC PLACES;
10. THE DRAMA OF ABOLITION;
11. CRIMINALISING A PIOUS CUSTOM;
12. THE POSTHUMOUS VINDICATION OF AMBEDKAR;
IV. TEMPLE ENTRY;
13. AMBEDKAR'S FORGOTTEN BILL;
14. GANDHI'S BALANCING ACT;
15. CONGRESS EXPERIMENTS UNDER COLONIAL RULE;
16. THE CONSTITUTION'S TELL-TALE CLAUSE;
V. IMPUNITY FOR VIOLENCE;
17. WHEN JUDGES LET OFF MASS KILLERS;
18. THE DENIAL OF THE CASTE ANGLE;
EPILOGUE;
NOTES;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
INDEX.

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