Chandra Bhan Prasad on Ambedkarism, Caste, and Dalit Capitalism
Ideas of India
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The Importance of Caste in Indian Capitalism
I think there is also some fault of free market places like the Sotantra Party, right? Or say Rajaji and Minumasani and Pilum Modi. So we did have a free market capitalism movement in India, but they never talked about caste. I think that is also a responsibility of caste Hindus and others. Maybe they believed they were post caste and they didn't need to discuss it. In people's consciousness, capitalism was taken as a system of exploitation, not an economic other.
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