In contrast to the anthropological equation of caste to race in his time, Ambedkar counted cultural homogeneity, notwithstanding racial difference, among India’s distinctions as a nation. Specifically, he seeks to understand intermarriage restrictions, social relations, and the re-rooting of caste structure in new spaces. In this essay, Ambedkar critiques the essentialisation of caste and seeks to establish its knowability – as a theoretical and practical problem. In 1913, assisted by a scholarship from Maharaja Sayaji Rao of Baroda, Ambedkar had enrolled as a student in the faculty of political science at Columbia University, United States. “Castes In India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development”, a research paper in which Ambedkar seeks to establish caste as a product of sustained endogamy, was written in 1916 at Columbia University for the anthropology seminar of Dr AA Goldenweiser and eventually published in the Indian Antiquary in 1917. Metro’ review: Slow-burning drama has moments of acuity Nepal takes a leaf out of Sri Lanka’s book, considers exporting crop-raiding monkeys.Mythological fiction: This tale of love and revenge tells how Ramabhadra became Parashurama.Tracing the culinary history of Kochi’s breudher bread.Srinagar is readying for the G20 with dressed-up security bunkers and peacock murals.IPL 2023: Virat Kohli equals Chris Gayle’s tally of most centuries in IPL – ‘Spectacular innings’.History revisited: How Tughlaq’s currency change led to chaos in 14th century India.RBI to withdraw Rs 2,000 notes from circulation.
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