viernes, 23 de agosto de 2019

Whose faith will be privileged in the public sphere? | The Indian Express

Whose faith will be privileged in the public sphere? | The Indian Express

Whose faith will be privileged in the public sphere?

To attribute the Ravidas movement merely to a jostling for space in Dalit politics would be a mistake. The depth and reach of the movement across large swathes of north India has always been impressive and deeply felt.

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Thousands of protesters gathered at Ramlila Maidan and then headed to Tughlakabad on Wednesday (Gajendra Yadav)


The massive and significant protests over the demolition of a temple dedicated to Saint Ravidas in Delhi is a window to India’s knotted social and political fissures. But the protest is also, despite being occasioned by the demolition of a temple, a testament to the impossibility of a genuine religious sensibility in modern India. Even religions promising liberation are sequestered in bondage by dominant groups; even religions abolishing caste are a daily reminder of caste. It is a condition that Ravidas, with his wry sensibility, would have understood perfectly well.

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