Slavery by Mahatma Phule Slavery was written around 1900 as an expose on the caste system in India. As a reformer and social activist, Phule (along with his wife) advocated for women’s education and sought to bring light on the devastating “slavery of the mind” which enabled the upper caste peoples (particularly the Brahmin caste)… Continue reading Slavery book review
I recently blogged about how the caste system was being lived out on the streets of India in the life of one very poor dalit woman. About a month ago, (yes, I’m behind on blogging) the Wall Street Journal wrote a front-page weekend edition piece called “Caste Away” about a dalit (aka an Untouchable) who… Continue reading The Caste System in India Lives
Untouchables: My Family’s Triumphant Journey Out of the Caste System in Modern India by Narendra Jadhav If you want to understand India and how to be effective in accelerating impact on poverty there, you need to understand the caste (pronounced “cast”) system and how it affects how the vast majority of people think in India. … Continue reading Untouchables book review
