{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63d97ac94c668b0010ef6584/64670009be31e90011aae3cd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"We've got to talk about caste","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63d97ac94c668b0010ef6584/1678136683353-aca990831235395b08ba338d7c272296.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Caste is one of the most complicated and misunderstood concepts encountered when attempting to understand India and Hinduism. Yet caste and a so-called caste system have become the singular focus of how Indian and Hindu society and culture are seen by the West — and increasingly being focused on by activists within the diaspora. </p><p><br></p><p>Sources:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.academia.edu/16637955/German_Indology_Aryanism_and_Anti_Semitism\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">German Indology, Aryanism, and Anti-Semitism</a>, by Vishwa Adluri and Joydeep Bagchee</li><li><a href=\"https://www.britishempire.co.uk/article/castesystem.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Indian Caste System and The British – Ethnographic Mapping and the Construction of the British Census in India</a>, by Kevin Hobson</li><li><a href=\"https://www.academia.edu/42795501/The_Brahmin_the_Aryan_and_the_Powers_of_the_Priestly_Class_Puzzles_in_the_Study_of_Indian_Religion\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Brahmin, the Aryan, and the Powers of the Priestly Class: Puzzles in the Study of Indian Religion</a>, by Marianne Keppens and Jakob De Roover</li><li><a href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265445481_Caste_Confusion_and_Census_Enumeration_in_Colonial_India_1871-1921\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Caste Confusion and Census Enumeration in Colonial India, 1871–1921</a>&nbsp;by Kevin Walby and Michael Haan</li><li><a href=\"https://www.academia.edu/24051653/Census_in_Colonial_India_and_the_Birth_of_Caste_Economic_and_Political_Weekly_xlvi_33_August_13_2011_pp_51_58_Republished_in_Satish_Deshpande_ed_The_Problem_of_Caste_Delhi_Orient_Blackswan_2014_pp_285_293_\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Census in Colonial India and the Birth of Caste</a>&nbsp;by Padmanabh Samarendra</li><li><a href=\"http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/84172/1/Fuller_Ethnographic%20inquiry_2017.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ethnographic inquiry in colonial India: Herbert Risley, William Crooke, and the study of tribes and castes</a>&nbsp;by C.J. Fuller</li><li><a href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/14yUI5htybgrjsbAc4RS6DbC7uo_c6Ptg/view?usp=sharing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">‘Untouchable’: What is in a Name?</a>, by Simon Charsley</li><li><a href=\"https://www.academia.edu/36806822/Scheduled_Castes_vs_Caste_Hindus_About_a_Colonial_Distinction_and_Its_Legal_Impact\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Scheduled Castes vs. Caste Hindus: About a Colonial Distinction and Its Legal Impact</a>, by Jakob de Roover</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Hindu American Foundation"}