![]() ![]() ![]() Examining moments of caste defiance, he argues for a politics of cultural affirmation and creates a new cultural identity for Dalits. He theorizes the caste system as a mosaic of disputes about dignity, religiosity, and entitlement. Their emotions of bewilderment, rage, and resentment can only be transcended via a politics of affirmation. ![]() Nagaraj argues that the Dalit movement rejected the traditional Hindu world and thus dismissed untouchable pasts entirely but he believes rebels too require cultural memory. Nagaraj, the foremost non-Brahmin intellectual to emerge from India’s non-English-speaking world, presents his vision of the Indian caste system in relation to Dalit politics-the Dalit being a self-designation for many groups in the lower castes of India. ![]()
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