What is it about?
Recently, two back-to-back—different yet ideologically connected—incidents occurred in West Bengal (WB) that pose a challenge to the long-standing myth of “Bengali exceptionalism” with regard to caste discrimination. The myth portrays WB as an exception, where caste-based discrimination hardly manifests, when compared to many other Indian states.
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Why is it important?
Recently, two back-to-back—different yet ideologically connected—incidents occurred in West Bengal (WB) that pose a challenge to the long-standing myth of “Bengali exceptionalism” with regard to caste discrimination. The myth portrays WB as an exception, where caste-based discrimination hardly manifests, when compared to many other Indian states.
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Recently, two back-to-back—different yet ideologically connected—incidents occurred in West Bengal (WB) that pose a challenge to the long-standing myth of “Bengali exceptionalism” with regard to caste discrimination. The myth portrays WB as an exception, where caste-based discrimination hardly manifests, when compared to many other Indian states.
Dr Kunal Debnath
Rabindra Bharati University
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This page is a summary of: wl-831-Beyond the myth of casteless Bengal, Economic & Political Weekly, April 2025, Sameeksha Trust,
DOI: 10.71279/epw.v60i15.43713.
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