E44: Jyotsna Siddharth - The politics of caste, love and discrimination
Can you remember the time when the topic of love and marriage was discussed around you, the issue of caste was never brought up?
A quick Google search on this issue will throw up a spate of news about inter-caste marriages and the incessant battles couples often face. The latest Pew Research findings that came out in June 2021 confirmed exactly this - we aren’t as free as we think we are in choosing our mate. ⠀
This important conversation around our obsession with caste in matters regarding love and marriage that Jyostna Siddharth’s work, Project Anti-Caste, Love finds prominence. She is an actor, activist and India Lead for Gender at Work, and also founder of Dalit Feminism Archive. ⠀
Jyotsna, who has a Masters in Development Studies and Social Anthropology and a recipient of Chevening Scholarship, talks about how her personal experiences shaped the Project, and her own intersectionality as a Dalit Queer woman.
You can check out Project Anti-Caste, Love at:
https://www.instagram.com/projectanticastelove/
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