The Caste Faultline

How jati was weaponized into "caste." The pre-colonial system, colonial construction, caste as global weapon, the "Brahmanical patriarchy" narrative, and building a foundation from a faultline.

Lessons in this chapter

• What the System Actually Was — Pre-Colonial Reality, Social Mobility, and Bhakti Reform
• The Colonial Construction of Caste — Risley's Racial Theory, Census Rigidification, and Legal Codification
• Caste as Global Weapon & Tribal Identity as Separatism — The Afro-Dalit Project, Caste-as-Race, and Tribal Identity Politics
• The Brahmanical Patriarchy Narrative — How the Caste-Gender Intersection Has Been Weaponized
• From Faultline to Foundation — Social Reform Without Weaponization

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