The Caste of Merit - Subramanian, Ajantha
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Just as Americans least disadvantaged by racism are most likely to call their country post¿racial, Indians who have benefited from upper-caste affiliation rush to declare their country a post¿caste meritocracy. Ajantha Subramanian challenges this belief, showing how the ideal of meritocracy serves the reproduction of inequality in Indian education.

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Just as Americans least disadvantaged by racism are most likely to call their country post¿racial, Indians who have benefited from upper-caste affiliation rush to declare their country a post¿caste meritocracy. Ajantha Subramanian challenges this belief, showing how the ideal of meritocracy serves the reproduction of inequality in Indian education.
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Ajantha Subramanian is an anthropologist who specializes in social stratification, political economy, and citizenship. She is Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at Harvard University and the author of Shorelines: Space and Rights in South India.