#ArundhatiRoy must know, in India, no one really becomes casteless just because he/she is a Christian. Dalit Christians continue to face discrimination to this day. Isn’t Roy, the radical Left activist, aware of this? @aroybot
The fact that she can claim to be casteless only proves her privilege — lower castes in India can’t afford to conveniently forget their caste. #ArundhatiRoy #aazadi
She also claimed that Brahmanism is, in fact, not about Brahmins“The anti-caste movement has traditionally used this word ‘Brahminism It isn’t about Brahmins but the idea of this kind of caste hierarchy. So,it isn’t just Brahmins that practice Brahminism.” @aroybot #ArundhatiRoy
While it is reductive to understand Brahmanical ideology as just about Brahmins, this argument cannot be used superficially. The custodians and propagators of Vedic Hinduism and its in-built hierarchy have indeed been Brahmins. #ArundhatiRoy
Caste is the ultimate test of one’s progressive politics, and most of these Left liberals are upper caste individuals, who use their caste power to proclaim themselves as casteless. #ArundhatiRoy
India’s leftists are mostly upper caste, they understand very little about the caste system and don’t want to address it. Historically, they have not addressed caste &have only been comfortable with addressing class.That is one of the failings of the Left movement in India.
Can’t wait to order her new book #Azadi now.
I mean her work is outstanding and undoubtedly the best but the leftist mindset and her lobbying with all these controversial comments is not commendable. #ArundhatiRoy
I mean her work is outstanding and undoubtedly the best but the leftist mindset and her lobbying with all these controversial comments is not commendable. #ArundhatiRoy
