Volume 02 :: Issue 01 April 2021 A Global Journal ISSN 2639-4928 CASTE on Social Exclusion brandeis.edu/j-caste PERSPECTIVES ON EMANCIPATION EDITORIAL AND INTRODUCTION “I Can’t Breathe”: Perspectives on Emancipation from Caste Laurence Simon ARTICLES A Commentary on Ambedkar’s Posthumously Published Philosophy of Hinduism - Part II Rajesh Sampath Caste, The Origins of Our Discontents: A Historical Reflection on Two Cultures Ibrahim K. Sundiata Fracturing the Historical Continuity on Truth: Jotiba Phule in the Quest for Personhood of Shudras Snehashish Das Documenting a Caste: The Chakkiliyars in Colonial and Missionary Documents in India S. Gunasekaran Manual Scavenging in India: The Banality of an Everyday Crime Shiva Shankar and Kanthi Swaroop Hate Speech against Dalits on Social Media: Would a Penny Sparrow be Prosecuted in India for Online Hate Speech? Devanshu Sajlan Indian Media and Caste: of Politics, Portrayals and Beyond Pranjali Kureel ‘Ambedkar’s Constitution’: A Radical Phenomenon in Anti-Caste Discourse? Anurag Bhaskar, Bluestone Rising Scholar 2021 Award Caste-ing Space: Mapping the Dynamics of Untouchability in Rural Bihar, India Indulata Prasad, Bluestone Rising Scholar 2021 Award Caste, Reading-habits and the Incomplete Project of Indian Democracy Subro Saha, Bluestone Rising Scholar Honorable Mention 2021 Clearing of the Ground – Ambedkar’s Method of Reading Ankit Kawade, Bluestone Rising Scholar Honorable Mention 2021 Caste and Counselling Psychology in India: Dalit Perspectives in Theory and Practice Meena Sawariya, Bluestone Rising Scholar Honorable Mention 2021 FORUM Journey with Rural Identity and Linguicism Deepak Kumar Drawing on paper; 35x36 cm; Savi Sawarkar 35x36 cm; Savi on paper; Drawing CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT + SUSTAINABILITY THE HELLER SCHOOL AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY CASTE A GLOBAL JOURNAL ON SOCIAL EXCLUSION PERSPECTIVES ON EMANCIPATION VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 JOINT EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Laurence R. 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Japhet, Vice Chancellor, Bengaluru Central Institute of Technology, USA University, Bengaluru, India Goolam Vahed, Associate Professor, History, Sangeeta Kamat, Professor of Education, University Society & Social Change Cluster, University of of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Joel Lee, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Gowri Vijayakumar, Assistant Professor of Sociology Williams College, USA and South Asian Studies, Brandeis University, USA David Mosse, Professor of Social Anthropology, Annapurna Waughray, Reader in Human Rights Law, SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom Manchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Samuel L. Myers, Jr., Roy Wilkens Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice and Director, Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Philosophy, Harvard Divinity School, USA Social Justice, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, USA Balmurli Natrajan, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, William Patterson University, USA Copyright © 2021 CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion ISSN 2639-4928 brandeis.edu/j-caste TABLE OF CONTENTS EDITORIAL AND INTRODUCTION Caste, Reading-habits and the Incomplete “I Can’t Breathe”: Perspectives Project of Indian Democracy on Emancipation from Caste Subro Saha Laurence Simon Bluestone Rising Scholar Honorable Mention, 2021 ....... v-viii ....... 153-173 ARTICLES Clearing of the Ground – Ambedkar’s A Commentary on Ambedkar’s Method of Reading Posthumously Published Ankit Kawade Philosophy of Hinduism - Part II Bluestone Rising Scholar Honorable Mention, 2021 Rajesh Sampath ....... 174-188 ....... 01-16 Caste and Counselling Psychology in India: Caste, The Origins of Our Discontents: Dalit Perspectives in Theory and Practice A Historical Reflection on Two Cultures Meena Sawariya Ibrahim K. Sundiata Bluestone Rising Scholar Honorable Mention, 2021 ....... 17-29 ....... 189-201 Fracturing the Historical Continuity FORUM on Truth: Jotiba Phule in the Quest Journey with Rural Identity and Linguicism for Personhood of Shudras Deepak Kumar Snehashish Das ....... 202-218 ....... 30-46 Documenting a Caste: The Chakkiliyars in Colonial and Missionary Documents in India S. Gunasekaran ....... 47-66 Manual Scavenging in India: The Banality of an Everyday Crime Shiva Shankar and Kanthi Swaroop ....... 67-76 Hate Speech against Dalits on Social Media: Would a Penny Sparrow be Prosecuted in India for Online Hate Speech? Devanshu Sajlan ....... 77-96 Indian Media and Caste: of Politics, Portrayals and Beyond Pranjali Kureel ....... 97-108 ‘Ambedkar’s Constitution’: A Radical Phenomenon in Anti-Caste Discourse? Anurag Bhaskar Bluestone Rising Scholar Award, 2021 ....... 109-131 Caste-ing Space: Mapping the Dynamics of Untouchability in Rural Bihar, India Indulata Prasad Bluestone Rising Scholar Award, 2021 ....... 132-152 Editorial and Introduction CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion Vol. 2 No. 1 pp. v–viii brandeis.edu/j-caste April 2021 ISSN 2639-4928 DOI: 10.26812/caste.v2i1.309 “I Can’t Breathe”: Perspectives on Emancipation from Caste Laurence Simon Yesterday, April 20, 2021, a jury in Minnesota convicted the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murdering George Floyd, a Black American. Mr. Chauvin, who is white, had knelt on Mr. Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes despite Mr. Floyd’s desperate