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Online caste pride pages in Tamil Nadu and the influence they exert in real life

Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, are home to multiple pages that profess caste pride. While most of these have thousands of followers, how much influence do they exert in real life?

thenewsminute.com/article/onli

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EPW editorial: Is Caste a Private Matter?

As has been argued again and again right from the formation of the Constitution, caste and inequalities of different kinds are intricately interlinked with each other. Therefore, it is necessary to both talk publicly about caste and document its relative position in the opportunity structures, which becomes all the more necessary for a country that has an egalitarian Constitution. It is discrimination and deprivation that provides a legitimate ground for the very interrogation of caste.

epw.in/journal/2023/21/editors

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Unbearable torment: What inter-caste couples in TN have to endure for ‘caste pride’

Inter-caste couples and activists talk about caste violence in Tamil Nadu, and the state’s failings in protecting couples from the brutal violence of their own families.

thenewsminute.com/article/unbe

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