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Gail Omvedt, expert on India's caste system, passes away

 Gail Omvedt, a leading scholar on caste studies, died in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Wednesday after a prolonged illness, family sources said. IMAGE: Gail Omvedt. Photograph: @Prksh_Ambedkar/......

'India Must Read Gail Omvedt's Writings'

 'After Ambedkar, Dr Gail was the only writer who wrote critically on caste issues.' Dr Gail Omvedt, the legendary commentator on Dalit and caste issues, passed into the ages on Wednesday, August......

Caste and the anti-corruption campaign

 'Reservations are anathema to many of the core supporters of Anna Hazare...' 'The deeply disturbing aspect of this whole event is the reactionary trend that political and social life, especially......

'Indian languages carry the legacy of caste'

 In an article on reservation for oppressed classes in the information technology sector, noted sociologist Gail Omvedt had quoted a Dalit boy as saying: 'In Pune they just assume that anyone......

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