How to be an ally to Dalit rights in India instead of performing allyship, a short 🧵 As a savarna woman academic, I have found myself ill-equipped in showing solidarity to annihilation-of-caste movements. My approach to doing better has been research+listen+amplify Dalit voices.
Here are some readings/movements that have been educational to me, given my own intellectual interests and political commitments.
Safai Karamchari Andolan is a Dalit-led organisation that works to end manual scavenging, a caste-based occupation safaikarmachariandolan.org/crisis
Safai Karamchari Andolan is a Dalit-led organisation that works to end manual scavenging, a caste-based occupation safaikarmachariandolan.org/crisis
This list in @thecaravanindia of Dalit writing is an excellent starting place to educate oneself: caravanmagazine.in/books/twelve-b…
To understand caste in a global sense and in the context of race, and to learn why caste matters, this piece by @surajyengde is essential: caravanmagazine.in/essay/race-cas…
To understand the political manipulation of India's caste system, especially in the present context of religious strife, this piece by @SuprakashJourno is very helpful: time.com/6156124/india-…
For students of International Relations, and India's international history, there is just not enough material on Amebdkar's internationalism. Here is an exceptional piece of scholarship by @surajyengde academia.edu/38191129/Ambed…
If you are interested in an academic discussion of Ambedkar's political thought, with particular emphasis on his views on democracy, then please see this talk by Aishwary Kumar @thewire_in
On the intersectionality between feminism and Dalit rights, please see this paper in the journal Contemporary Voice of Dalit by Meenakshi Sharma journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… and this excellent primer by @AditiNarayani outlookindia.com/website/story/…
On Ambedkar as an educationist, see this excellent piece by Meenakshi Meena forwardpress.in/2017/10/ambedk…
जर आपल्याला मराठी मध्ये बाबासाहेबांची पुस्तके पाहिजे असली तर तुम्ही इथे बघू शकता | इथे तुम्हाला त्यांची इतर लेखन पण मिळेल (Those looking for Ambedkar's writings in Marathi, can look here and they can find other writings too): velivada.com/2019/08/30/pdf…
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