A record number of scholars and writers received the fellowship this year
New India Foundation announced the recipients of the tenth NIF Fellowships on April 15. Eleven scholars and writers received the fellowship for their non-fiction book proposals on different aspects of post-Independence India. This is the highest number of fellowships ever awarded by the NIF.
The Bengaluru-based NIF’s core activity is the New India Fellowships, meant to facilitate original research on a wide range of topics centred on post-Independence India. So far it has resulted in the publication of 22 books by top-notch publishers, and many of these have become seminal and award-winning works on contemporary Indian history.
Caste s Potential to Subvert Hegemonic Tropes Across the World
In Caste: The Origins of our Discontents , Isabel Wilkerson looks at society through the lens of its pervasive oppression.
Coloured drinking fountain, Oklahoma, 1939. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Why is it that so many persons of Indian origin thrive in the US? Look anywhere â many of the titans of big industries are brown people from South Asia. Why is it that so many Indian doctors or dentists take care of American ailments? And that the culture, literary and media industries also have so many Indian people? What is that secret sauce that makes this possible? To understand this better we need a caste lens. The many Indians who sit at the top of the American dream are largely from the dominant castes of Indian society. Their upbringing, mannerisms, deftness, way of thinking and claiming pride, belief in culture, dominant oppressive status, easy access to lowest caste labour, and the confidence to �
Are Panchayat Elections in Maharashtra a Festival of Democracy or a Maratha Festival?
Studies of how rural democracy works in âprogressiveâ Maharashtra suggest the very high turnout for gram panchayat elections masks continuing inequality and incivility.
Supporters welcome winning candidates during counting day of the gram panchayat elections in Thane district, January 18, 2021. Photo: PTI
Politics19/Jan/2021
If regular elections and active voter participation in panchayat elections are understood as key for the success of democracy, then Maharashtra, like most of India, does indeed have a vibrant democracy. But does this democracy reduce inequality between sexes and castes? Do the marginal groups have an assertive voice? Does this democracy promote associational feeling across social groups?