The most effective cure for caste is not top-down patronage but bottom-up capitalism.
Chandra Bhan Prasad () joins me in episode 296 of The Seen and the Unseen to explain why his two great heroes are Babasheb Ambedkar & Adam Smith:
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May I ask who has been doing the artwork for your podcast covers lately? This is very different from style🤔
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As far language is concerned. The maithili spoken in brahmin's home is quite different from lower caste maithili.
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Never thought this song to be casteist before this episode. TIL
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Not all the way through the podcast but was reminded of JP Dutta’s superb 1985 film Ghulami when I heard the discussion of the groom on horseback — the murder of Kulbhushan’s son in that film for daring to ride thus at his wedding was seared into my 8 or 9 year old brain.
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What an eye opener of an episode … it’s an India I had no clue about .. so much in there to know .. so much of the unseen for me that became seen … thank you for this … I know have a refernce point on every time I read about Dalits / caste
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This one goes straight to top as my favorite TSATU episode. So many TIL moments.
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Wow what an eye opener of an episode- thank you for bringing this - puts so many things in perspective
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Looking at Dalit lives through the ‘prism’ of your podcast and with this guest Chandra does bring in lots of new perspectives.
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