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..
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