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Ep 332: The Life and Times of Uma Chakravarti

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Importance of Caste in Hinduism

The original sin in Hinduism is caste and when you have severe caste endogamy what follows from there is a worsening of the patriarchy. I don't think caste is an open question anymore in Hinduism and in our society it is still very deep. The Constitution is not as liberal as I would like but it's more than society itself and we imposed it upon an illiberal population, says Ambedkar.

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