Episode 3 Resources:
Caste and Supremacy
BOOKS TO READ
A social history of the Deccan: 1300-1761 by Richard Eaton 2008, pages 15-16 on how occupations were fluid (book)
Beautiful Tree - Indigenous Indian Education in 18th Century by Dharampal 1983 (pdf of book)
Caste and Race in India by G. S. Ghurye 1969, page 63 on powerful and rich Shudras (book)
Caste is not Hindu by Guruji Sundar Raj Anantha, Aykshya Simrhen Raj, Pardip Kumar Kukreja 2022 (book)
Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India by Nicholas B. Dirks 2001 (book)
Donors, devotees, and daughters of God temple women in medieval Tamilnadu by Leslie Orr 2000, pages 30-31 on how Varna system was not ground reality (book)
Historiography and Writing Postcolonial India by Naheem Jabbar 2009, pages 148-149 on how Shudras could become kings and ministers (book)
Jewels of Authority by Laurie Patton 2002, page 90 on how Shudras were educated in the Vedas and other knowledge (book)
Justice and religion: Hinduism, in Encyclopedia of Global Justice by Ashwani Peetush 2011, pages 596-600 on how enlightenment was for everyone (book)
Kautilya - The Arthashastra by L.N. Rangarajan page 411 on lack of slavery (book)
Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India by Stein, Burton 1980 page 51 on how Brahmins were not outsiders in south India (book)
Precolonial India in Practice by Cynthia Talbot 2001, pages 50-51 on how Varna system was not ground reality (book)
Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order Down to Circa A.D. 600 - by Ram Sharan Sharma 1990, pages 10, 24-25, 44-45, 50-51, 163 (book)
The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India by Ajay Verghese 2016 (book)
The Rigveda: the earliest religious poetry of India by Stephanie Jamison and Joel Brereton 2014, pages 57-58 on Varna theory (book)
Western foundations of caste - Editors: Fárek, M., Jalki, D., Pathan, S., Shah, P. 2017 (book)
CATHOLIC GOAN/PORTUGUESE INVASION
Goa Inquisition : Lest We Forget | Shefali Vaidya (video long)
Goan Inquisition (video short)
The Goa Inquisition by A.K. Priolkar (book)
CASTE IN CHRISTIANITY
Caste and conversion (video long)
European foundations of caste system (video long)
European origins of caste system
Europeans transferred their caste system to India
Professor Balagangadhara presents a 17th century French text to Indologist (video short)
Roma were called “Untouchables” in Europe in the 14th Century
Roma suffered racist and casteist slurs in Europe from 14th century
Spanish Caste system oppressed Indigenous peoples
CASTE IN ISLAM
CASTE AND INDIA
B.R. Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches Vol 1
Caste atrocities data (video long)
Caste collective cultural ration
Caste is a conversion tool (video long)
Caste is a modern construct of the British
Caste, Conversion, A Colonial Conspiracy by Pt. Satish K. Sharma (book)
Eradicating caste doesn’t mean eradicating Hinduism
Educating children about the facts of caste
Ma Shakti (Goddess worship) and marginalized jatis
Ma Shakti The Divine Feminine vs Colonial Demon by Anjali George
Pew Research: Religious tolerance and Segregation in India including Caste
BRAHMINPHOBIA
Anti-Brahmin parallels with anti-semitism
Brahmin children murdered and eyes gouged out
Brahmin demonization backlash in USA
Brahmin demonization from Muslims
Brahmin man spent 20 years in prison for false rape / caste atrocity charges
Brahmin plight and resistance to colonizers by Meenakshi Jain
Brahmins were distinguished by their conduct not birth
Brahmins living in extreme poverty
Guru Prasad on anti-Brahminism
The life and letters of “St.” Francis Xavier by Henry James Coleridge 1872
DALITS / SHUDRAS
Christian missionaries use Dalits as conversion propaganda
Dalit community attacked by Muslims for interfaith marriage
Dalit Hindu family being forced to convert
Dalit Hindu man dies fighting colonial caste law in California
Dalit Hindus denied agency as their reservation was given to a Muslim convert
Dalit issues with Professor Guru Prakash (video long)
Dalit man who laid foundation stone of Ram Temple
Dalit rebuttal to Senator Wahab’s comments regarding SB-403
Dalit rights and academic Hinduphobia (video short)
Dalit girl gang raped by Muslim youths which caused riots
Dalit minor girl raped by Muslim man, commits suicide
Dalit woman entrepreneur Kalpana Saroj
Dalit woman gang raped, filmed, forced to eat beef by 3 Muslims
Dalit woman raped, filmed, blackmailed by Muslim man who posed as a Hindu (2023)
Dalits and common Hindu identity
Dalits are ignored by liberals
Dalits are proud Hindus (video short)
Dalits destroy Hindu temple and sexually assault Hindu girl
Dalits received first prasad of Ram temple
Dalits tricked into eating beef by Muslim who said they now must convert to Islam
Don’t use Caste to Erase Indian civilization by Sandeep Dedage
Don't Use Caste To Erase Indian Civilization narrated by Sandeep Dedage (video short)
Equality Labs is really Inequality Labs
Equality Labs survey is “complete statistical dishonesty”
Equality Labs survey “unscientific”
Indian ex-Christian explains missionary tactics on Dalits in India
FOREST TRIBES
RETHINKING CASTE
WESTERN CASTE NARRATIVES TODAY
American textbooks teaching children they are low caste
Anti-Hindu caste bills in the US and their advocates
California case demonized Hinduism
California case violated Hindus religious freedom
California Cisco case dismissed (2023)
California Cisco case dismissed again, court awards sanctions against CRD (2024)
California Cisco case voluntarily dismissed by CA agency
California Cisco case targeted Indians and assigned caste identity
Caste doesn’t not explain race with Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly (video long)
Critique of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste by Panashe Chigumadzi
Critique of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste by Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly
Critique of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste by Sai Grundy
Critique of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste by Aravindan Neelakandan
Critique of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste by Archishman Raju
Hindus accused of violating labor laws with casteism framing
Hindus attacked all over US over colonial caste laws
Indian caste trauma being used as a political football in the USA by Isabel Wilkerson
New York Times lies about Hindus and labor violations with casteist accusations
Western activists using caste for their own agenda
University of Wisconsin is doing a fraudulent “caste survey” in 2024