prejudice & exclusion Archives

The Hindu

CLIMATE CRISIS

How caste shapes water conflicts in drought-ridden Maharashtra

27th November 2019

Anuj Ghanekar writes: Drought affects everyone, but the Dalits are the worst affected. They often become targets of threats and violence in different ways if they try to access water or demand rights for water, with several atrocities on record. One study noted several instances where water sources used by Dalits were deliberately contaminated with human excreta….

The Economist

Bookshelf

Bookshelf: Caste and Nature: Dalits and Indian Environmental Politics

21st August 2018

Rarely do Indian environmental discourses examine nature through the lens of caste. Mukul Sharma shows how the two phenomena are intimately connected, and compares Dalit meanings of environment to Neo-brahminism and mainstream environmental thought. Here, he argues that the Ambedkarite vision is relevant for environmental sustainability, and it is Indian environmentalists who have marginalised Ambedkar….