By @SumitJournalist : Varna Assertion for Savarna Domination: How Savarna Identity is Normalized at the Expense of Constitutional Ideals - The Polis Project, Inc bit.ly/2NgcthI via @project_polis
@SumitJournalist @project_polis In this piece, @SumitJournalist analyzes the methods used by upper caste groups in India to assert their particular caste and varna identities. He argues that upper-caste groups are using conferences, publications, social media and advertizing to reconsolidate their identities
and recruit followers, and in doing so, are building identities that can be mobilized very quickly in the digital age. Further, he points out that this redeployment of caste identities is contrary to constitutional values and is being done with the
express purpose of consolidating an overarching savarna identity that has as its basis the suppression of Dalit groups. He calls this a new type of “savarna assertion” which in no way challenges caste oppression and instead does the exact opposite –
it legitimizes and enables caste violence and oppression.
