Caste and Class

by Bojja Tharakam

'Does the liberation of the oppressed lie in the abolition of class? Or does it lie in the annihilation of caste?' Bojja Tharakam, lawyer, human rights activist, Dalit writer, theorist, poet, agitator against atrocities, organiser of workers, and staunch thinker and practitioner in Ambedkarite and Marxist traditions for over 6 decades, examines these critical questions in this book.

128 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2020

Reviews

[Laya · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Caste is an enclosed class" is probably the most important statement/observation written in South Asian theory, that shows how class, caste and gender are interlinked. Bojja Tharakam, being a senior activist lawyer who has engaged with communist circles and also was a leader in telugu ambedkarite circles, extends this forward to explain in detail but in simple words that annihilation of class and caste go hand-in-hand in India, and you cannot have one without the other.

[Abirami · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great starter for a lot of concepts and theories. Very concise and simple to understand, the translation adds to this.