In this two part video series, me and Mohak explore the complexities of India's most debated issue of Caste based Reservation. Should it exist or should it be removed? What is the history of India's caste system and why did it come into existence? When were Caste based reservations first introduced? We explain in this video.
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0:00 Introduction
1:15 Caste Discrimination today
3:28 Origin of Caste System
6:10 Influence of British Raj
9:29 Pre-Independence History
12:40 Caste Reservations today
15:03 Conclusion
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Script by: Sushmita Sekhar
Editing by: Ayushman Khare
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Sources:
0. Introduction
https://twitter.com/_alice_evans/status/1311281659807961088/photo/1
https://www.epw.in/engage/article/caste-discrimination-and-explicit-prejudice-indians-speak-about-their-attitudes
https://www.im4change.org/siteadmin/tinymce/uploaded/Explicit%20Prejudice%20Evidence%20from%20a%20New%20Survey.pdf
https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/vq7cTOUmxzDSB4x5QwguVL/Three-charts-that-show-why-reservations-are-desirable.html
https://wid.world/document/n-k-bharti-wealth-inequality-class-and-caste-in-india-1961-2012/
1. Origins of the caste system
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1043&context=socssp
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616
https://www.ancient.eu/article/1152/caste-system-in-ancient-india/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit_Buddhist_movement#/media/File:Dr._Ambedkar_delivering_speech_during_conversion.jpg
2. British influence on caste
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48619734
https://books.google.com.sg/books?https://books.google.com.sg/books/about/The_Truth_About_Us.html?id=tUyTDwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
https://books.google.com.sg/books/about/Castes_of_Mind.html?id=UP7vmkFSJhIC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321299546_The_Origins_of_the_Caste_System_A_New_Perspective
https://books.google.com.sg/books/about/Structure_and_Change_in_Indian_Society.html?id=_MmFswEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4409890?refreqid=excelsior%3A857d3530373795358de2bb0bbcf1f793&seq=1
3. Pre-independence
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00ambedkar/timeline/1930s.html
https://www.britannica.com/place/India/Constitutional-reforms#ref486411
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/timeline-a-brief-history-of-indias-caste-system/article4180133/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4409890?refreqid=excelsior%3A857d3530373795358de2bb0bbcf1f793&seq=1
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856407908722988?journalCode=csas20#:~:text=The%20Communal%20Award%2C%20announced%20by,to%20Anglo%2DIndians%20and%20Indian
4. Post-independence
http://mea.gov.in/Uploads/PublicationDocs/19167_State_wise_seats_in_Lok_Sabha_18-03-2009.pdf
https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/poverty-inequality/reservation-for-economically-weaker-sections-in-higher-education-affirmative-action-or-vote-bank-politics.html
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/will-decide-if-pleas-against-10-quota-are-to-be-referred-to-constitution-bench-says-sc/articleshow/70453115.cms?from=mdr
http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/Mandal%20Commission%20Report%20of%20the%201st%20Part%20English635228715105764974.pdf
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