upper class – Itisaras

Dalit Feminism in India

August 26, 2020August 28, 2020 Supriya Kaushik 5 Comments analogy, Bhanwari Devi, Bigotry, black feminism, boundary, Caste, class, dalit, Dalit feminism, Dalit women, Devadasis, Discrimination, endogamous, Feminism, gender, honour killing, identity, Impure, Indian feminism, inter-group, intersectional feminism, intersectionality, intra-group, Male power, Masculinity, Nivedita Menon, oppression, Paradox, patriarchy, sexual orientation, Simone de Beauvoir, social, social constructs, socialization, Toxic masculinity, Untouchable, upper caste, upper class, Women, Women’s movement

As human beings, do we have enough outrage to stand up for the right things even at the cost of our own lives? Because we, as responsible citizens of our nation, owe it to our people. To take a stand for the rights of the marginalized and our justice system that is meant to protect them.

Society

Stereotyping Clothing: Defining Social, Intellectual Status and Modernity

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Arushi Kapoor 4 Comments attire, attires, backward, British, British government, city person, clothes, colonial, colonial powers, conservative, elite, equality, fashion, flip flops, generalisations, intellectual, jeans, judgements, Lala Deen Dayal, Lifestyle, middle class, modern, modern girl, modernity, privileged status, security, short dress, social mobility, social practice, social status, Society, stereotypes, stereotyping, traditional, trend, upper class, village person, vogue, western world

“Underlying the present quest for form and pattern is the basic assumption that dress is a systematic means of transmission of information about the wearer.”
M.L Damhorst rightly articulated that a person’s dressing speaks about his or her personality. Or does it really? Lets’ trace this stereotyping history till contemporary “modern” world.

Polity Society

Affirmative Action – A Poisoned Chalice?

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Shriya Tandon 0 Comments affirmative action, Ashok Acharya, backward class, behaviour, Discrimination, diversity, dominant members, electoral incentive, fairness, family, inequalities, inferior, Justice, opportunity, policy, politicization, positive discrimination, reservations, social costs, social groups, suppressed classes, traditions and customs, upper class, validity, violence, vote bank politics, voters

The ghosts of social injustices in the past haunt us even today. And affirmative action was supposed to be its panacea. But, how effective has it been so far? Do such policies hold any rational ground today? Find out in this article.