"Bengal among most casteist states": Academic Ravikant Kisana | Scroll Adda

Contribute to Scroll's studio fund: https://pages.razorpay.com/scrollstud... -- Scroll Adda Episode #3 India's caste system is unique. Nowhere else in the world does this system of thousands of graded endogamous groups exist. At the top of the pyramid are the dwija savarna castes: Brahmins, Baniyas, and Kshatriyas. Nearly two millennia of caste privilege mean that Savaranas dominate Indian society. Culture, politics, and the economy in India are Savarna-controlled. Yet, there exists very little study of them as a group. Enter Ambedkarite academic, Ravikant Kisana a.k.a. Buffalo Intellectuall, whose new book, "Meet the Savarnas", intends to fill the gap. We spoke to him on Scroll Adda's third episode to try and understand why he wants to study upper castes. Producer: Aryan Mahtta Host: Shoaib Daniyal -- Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 4:17 - DDLJ and Savarna millennials 15:37 - Savarna families 19:56 - Bengal casteism 26:39 - Caste and gender 37:21 - English and caste 41:58 - Hindutva and caste 50:14 - Why the caste system holds up 59:35 - Why I don’t use ‘bahujan’ 1:10:19 - Why I wrote the book -- Subscribe to Scroll's YouTube channel and turn on your notifications, so you don't miss new videos. For more explainers, and the web’s most interesting videos - https://scroll.in/video/ For the latest news and analysis - https://scroll.in Support our award-winning journalism by making a financial contribution towards the Scroll Ground Reporting Fund - https://scroll.in/contribute Follow Scroll.in here - Facebook:   / scroll.in   Twitter:   / scroll_in   Instagram:   / scroll_in   Threads: https://www.threads.net/@scroll_in Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scroll.in #caste #dalits #obc #brahmins #savaranas #hindutva #ddlj #bengali #bhadralok #scrolladda