Dalit Resistance during the Bengal Renaissance: Five Anti-Caste Thinkers from Colonial Bengal, India

This article debunks the myth that Bengal is a casteless land or that Bengalis have no understanding of caste, by excavating, from within a Dalit historiographical framework, the rich and heterogeneous anti-caste politico-intellectual tradition launched and carried forward by the Dalits in colonial...

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Main Author: Mahitosh Mandal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brandeis University Library 2022-05-01
Series:Caste
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Online Access:https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/367