The dravidian outlier in the land of hindutva a Neo-Marxist Gramscian intersectional approach in understanding dravidian movement Karl Marx famously says hitherto history of all mankind is history of conflicts between classes. India unique in its ways has caste conflicts as central to its history. Since the time of Buddha and Mahavir there have been voices arising for the depressed class fight against graded hierarchy enforced by brahminical forces. Tamilnadu then madras presidency has from the end of 19th century has grown strong political and social movements to counter the brahminical forces. Though similar social reform movements were started in bombay and bengal presidencies they did not grow into strong political movements, engulfed by the rise of congress. Tamilnadu continued to be fertile ground for movements rooted in the social justice. Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist while analysing the drawbacks of marxist movements identified the ways in which dominant forces con...
There is a shot in the film Ayyappanum Koshiyum where a spider web is shown and Koshy Kurien is walking towards it. They film for me is about the insect "Koshy" trapped in the web of patriarchy fighting to survive in it without ever thinking of ways to escape from the web The movie revolves around two men fighting to salvage their bruised egos. One is Koshy Kurien, a pre-college failed middle aged retired Havildar( just a Havildar in his father John Kurien's view) from a rich and influential background, locking horns with straight forward and honest Ayyappan "hybrid" Nair who pricks the bloated ego of Koshy with "2" tight slaps. Koshy is a complex and intriguing yet comes out as usual caricature of rich bully. He drags a simple fight that could have ended with a simple sorry, but egged upon by sycophants around him he continues to make the fight into life or death situation. A moment of compromise appears and Koshy is willing to go...
I have to add my personal observation. I have seen penniless people go and support their own caste even if it means their exploitation just because he doesn't want other caste to be his representative.Casteist people give more importance to caste even at the cost of economic loss Subburaj Super_Structuralist @subbu_q · Jan 28, 2020 Replying to @Proletarian1917 In India this caste identity is much more rigid than the class. Access to capital is specifically denied to favour the social capital of certain caste even at cost of mediocrity and reduced returns. Isn't caste determines to large extent the access to means of production in India ☭☭☭Proletarianism☭☭☭ @Proletarian1917 Caste incidentally is an economic base. When Communists call India Semi-Feudal it is exactly considering that it is still transitioning. Caste when seen only from an ID Pol lens and not an economic one is the reason why it cannot integrate into something ...
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