Caste Pride

Caste Pride: Battles for Equality in Hindu India examines the endurance and violence of the caste system through the lens of the law. Linking two centuries of legal reform with social movements, it unearths the characters, speeches, confusions and decisions that shaped the war on caste. It celebrates reformers such as Savitribai Phule, Ambedkar and Periyar, as well as non-Hindu administrators, and argues that untouchability is merely the best-known aspect of varna, a purity-based hierarchy that restricts the freedoms of all.