Staggering fact: there’s possibly not been even one Dalit test cricketer yet A few months ago, I wrote an op-ed in The Hindu about the lack of Dalit and Adivasi representation in the Indian men’s cricket team, and the need for rectifying this by considering South Africa’s quota system. Just as I had feared, the […]
Equality and liberty
Racial Formation in the United States From 1960’s to 1980’s
Racial Formation The exemplary case of Susie Guillory Phipps versus the state in a battle for her racial status to be declared white, the state won. According to the state laws, anyone with up to 1/32th of Negro blood was considered to be black. This brought to light on the issues surrounding the origin and […]
Racial Formation in the United States From 1960’s to 1980’s : Ethnicity
The Dominant Paradigm: ethnicity based theory Ethnicity in this context can be denoted as the quality of a group with common interests that shares latent awareness about the shared goals. It’s difficult to distinguish the point where the association earning them the rank of a group takes place but despite that, it’s essentially important to […]
The Two Sources of Inequality : Andre Beteille,Inequality among Men
The two terms equality and inequality, according to Andre Beteille holds a very significant position in society of the modern world. In political ideology, the two principles of socialism and democracy on a whole are regarded as the ideology of equality constructed for human beings and also has a universal character. The Two Sources of […]
capitalism meaning,Types,and Stages
In terms of politics, capitalism is a socio-economic system which is based on private ownership of resources or capital. In terms of economy, capitalism becomes an economic system which is also based on private ownership just like the political one. The production and the profit gained through the selling of products ensure how the system […]
