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Kaushik/Koushik is ancient Indian "Gotra" applied to an Indian clan. Origin of Kaushik can be referenced to an ancient Hindu text. There was a Rishi (saint) by the name of "Vishvamitra" literally meaning 'friend of the universe', "Vishwa" as in universe and "Mitra" as in friend, he was also called as Rishi "Kaushik".
But, the caste is a "parcelling" of an already homogeneous unit, and the explanation of the genesis of caste is the explanation of this process of parcelling. [ 4 ] Ambedkar views that definitions of castes given by Émile Senart [ 5 ] John Nesfield , H. H. Risley and Dr Ketkar as incomplete or incorrect by itself and all have missed the ...
Pages in category "Books about the caste system in India" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Caste or no caste, creed or no creed, any man, or class, or caste, or nation, or institution that bars the power of free thought and bars action of an individual is devilish, and must go down. Liberty of thought and action, asserted Vivekananda, is the only condition of life, of growth and of well-being. [306]
Homo Hierarchicus: Essai sur le système des castes (1966) is Louis Dumont's treatise on the Indian caste system. [1] It analyses the caste hierarchy and the ascendancy tendency of the lower castes to follow the habits of the higher castes. This concept was termed as Sanskritisation by MN Srinivas. [2]
Rosalind O'Hanlon notes that the historical evolution of castes grouped under the Maratha-Kunbis is sketchy. [8] Ananya Vajpeyi rejects the designation of Shudra, since the category has remained in a state of flux across centuries; she instead notes them to be a Marathi lineage, who enjoyed "reasonably high" social status as landholders and ...
His notable books include: [3] [4] Race, sex, and class under the Raj : imperial attitudes and policies and their critics, 1793-1905; Social policy and social change in western India, 1817-1830; The City in South Asia : pre-modern and modern; Society and ideology : essays in South Asian history; Class, caste and Catholicism in India 1789-1914
Chronicles of Our Time, Penguin Books, 2000. The Backward Classes in Contemporary India, Oxford University Press, 1992. Social and Cultural Reproduction of Caste, Kinship and Occupation in India, 1991. Society and Politics in India: Essays in a Comparative Perspective, Athlone Press, 1991 (L.S.E. Monographs in Social Anthropology, no. 63).