Sumit Samos

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Sumit Samos

@SumitSamos

MSc, South Asian Studies, University of Oxford (2021-22) PhD, South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania (2025-2030).

Chennai Joined Kasım 2021

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TheAmbedkarianChronicle@TheAmbedkarian·3d

Now Reading on The Ambedkarian Chronicle CRIMINALITY, CASTE, AND CHRISTIANITY: UNDERSTANDING DOMS IN GOPINATH MOHANTY’S 1944 ODIA NOVEL DADI BUDDHA (THE ANCESTOR) By Sumit Samos Read more: theambedkarianchronicle.in/criminality-ca… #AmbedkarianChronicle #CasteAndLiterature #TribalStudies

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Sumit Samos@SumitSamos·11 Mar

Thank you castelesscaucus and everyone who joined the presentation at the Harvard Kennedy. It was wonderful to share excerpts from our upcoming book, The Caste Problem in Contemporary India, and to engage in such meaningful conversation.

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Sumit Samos@SumitSamos·8 Mar

Will be discussing parts of my introduction to an upcoming co-edited volume titled "The Caste Problem in Contemporary India" with Professor Barbara Harris-White. If you are in and around Boston, do join.

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Dr. Sharmila Sahibah Faruqui (Phd) s.i@sharmilafaruqi·10 Şub

I introduced The Prohibition of Manual Scavenging and Protection of Sanitation Workers (ICT) Bill, 2026 to end manual scavenging, ensure safe working conditions, provide legal protection, mandate mechanised cleaning, and establish accountability for employers and authorities. This bill recognises sanitation workers as rights-holders not expendable labour and affirms their right to dignity, safety, and life. @NAofPakistan @GovtofPakistan #EndManualScavenging #SanitationWorkers #LabourRights #HumanDignity #SafeWork #SocialJustice #ICTLegislation

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Rahul sonpimple@Sonpimplerahul·31 Oca

She speaks with certainty because power is monopolized—from universities to Parliament, media to mandirs, land to the judiciary. Brahmin Savarna dominance is total. What option is left to protect Bahujan lives?

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Priyanka Bharti@priyanka2bharti·29 Oca

ठाकुर- पंडित जीते और बहुजन हारे ये बोलकर त्रिपाठी हिंदू एकता को मजबूत करती हुई!

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Abir Dasgupta@AbirDasgupta101·29 Oca

The PIL against the UGC Equity Regulations 2026 are trying to redefine Dalit-Bahujan-Adivasi politics as caste-based discrimination against upper castes. Thats all there is to it! Read the pleadings. 1/x

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Gautam Bhatia@gautambhatia88·29 Oca

Now I’ve seen absolutely everything: the petitions challenging the UGC regulations have compared the upper castes to the criminal/denotified tribes.

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Dr. Kanchana Yadav@Kanchanyadav000·29 Oca

वह बौखला कर चिल्लाने लगी कि मैंने उस पर केस किया है। 2019 में यह अंग्रेज़ी में छपा था, फिर 2020 में हिंदी में भी प्रकाशित हुआ। आज तक वह लेख उपलब्ध है। अगर वह गलत था तो उसे हटवाया क्यों नहीं गया? असल में वह गलत था ही नहीं। कारवां के पास इसके सबूत थे। वह कुछ नहीं कर सकती। घमंड, अहंकार, बदतमीज़ी, जातिगत अहंकार और पद का दुरुपयोग करके वह किसी को बहस से बाहर कर सकती हैं, लेकिन आरक्षण-विरोधी चेहरा कहाँ छुपाएँगी?

जितेन्द्र कुमार جیتیندر کمار Jitendra Kumar@Biharibole

कारवां मैगजीन और उसके रिपोर्टरों की विश्वसनीयता किसी भी दिन इंडिया टूडे, आजतक और वहां काम करनेवालों/वालियों से ज्यादा है. अगर इस सवर्ण महिला को 'मिसकोट' किया गया है तो उसे खुद को सही साबित करने के लिए कांरवा मैगजीन पर मुकदमा करना चाहिए था, कम से कम ऑफिसियली लिखकर विरोध करना था!

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Dr. Kanchana Yadav@Kanchanyadav000·29 Oca

अंजना ओम कश्यप ने यहाँ अपने पद का ही इस्तेमाल किया है और उनका जातिगत अहंकार साफ़ तौर पर दिखाई देता है। उन्होंने साफ़ कह दिया चलो, हमारे चैनल से हटो। मानो यह चैनल उनकी जागीर हो। यही सब तो विश्वविद्यालयों में भी होता है। कह दिया जाता है चलो, यहाँ से निकलो, तुम्हारे लिए कोई नौकरी नहीं है। तुम्हारे लिए यहाँ दाख़िले में भी जगह नहीं है जैसे विश्वविद्यालय उनके पिता और दादाजी की विरासत हो।

Dr. Mukesh Kumar@mukeshbudharwi

मीडिया में जब तक डायवर्सिटी नहीं आएगी, वह मनुवाद और मनुवादियों से मुक्त नहीं होगा। अंजना ओम कश्यप से लेकर ऋचा अनिरुद्ध तक सब इस समय उसी तरह से उबल रहे हैं जैसे मंडल कमीशन की सिफ़ारिशें लागू किए जाने के बाद उबले थे।

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Sumit Samos@SumitSamos·29 Oca

So Savarnas manufactured a story in SRCC against SC/ST student and ran it all around to create paranoia about how these people will use UGC regulations against them. Shame on these Savarn Samaj. Now SRCC has come up with a clarification that nothing of that sort has been reported

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Sumit Samos@SumitSamos·27 Oca

Wrote a brief piece for the quint.

The Quint@TheQuint

Opinion | Conflicts around caste and religion in India often begin as small sparks. There are moments when these conflicts descend from above, by institutions and power structures. In both cases, what is revealed are the fault lines long simmering beneath the surface. The University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 belong firmly to the latter category. Read: thequint.com/opinion/ugc-eq…

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Dr. Kanchana Yadav@Kanchanyadav000·27 Oca

यूजीसी बिल एक क्या आ गया, उसमें ओबीसी को शामिल क्या कर लिया गया कि पूरा मनुवादी मानसिकता का सवर्ण समाज बजबजा उठा। टीवी चैनलों पर बहस पर बहस हो रही हैं। सवर्ण समाज के कुछ पत्रकार मुझसे पूछे कि ओबीसी कैसे भरोसा दिलाएगा कि वह इसका दुरुपयोग नहीं करेगा। अरे भाई, ओबीसी क्यों भरोसा दिलाए? क्या तुमने कभी भरोसा दिलाया कि तुम ओबीसी के साथ अत्याचार नहीं करोगे? अगर यह भरोसा दिलाया होता तो यूजीसी बिल की ज़रूरत नहीं होती। डरो मत, अपने बच्चों के अंदर आग मत लगाओ। अपने बच्चों को भड़काओ मत।

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Sumit Samos@SumitSamos·26 Oca

Why are you agitated if you know you don't practice caste discrimination. Because if applies to those who practice it. Also this is not the old times as upper castes you can say and do what you feel like and Dalit Bahujans will quietly take it. They will give back properly.

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Sumit Samos@SumitSamos·26 Oca

This in English called circumlocution. This is the understanding of a Brahmin MP on Caste discrimination in higher education. Can't stay away from caste loyalty, can't understand that Castes are a hierarchy and it is the upper castes who discriminate those below them..

Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳@priyankac19

While any kind of caste discrimination on the campus is wrong, India has seen enough of students having to suffer the consequences of it, however shouldn’t the law be encompassing and ensure protection is guaranteed to all? Why this discrimination in application of law? What happens in case of false cases? How does one decide guilt?How does one describe discrimination- through words, actions or perceptions? The applicability of law has to be clear, precise and equal for all. Hence instead of creating a bad environment on campuses I’d urge that the UGC notification either be withdrawn or corrected.

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The Quint@TheQuint·3 Ara

The recent killing of Saksham Tate, a Scheduled Caste (SC) youth in Nanded, Maharashtra, for his relationship with Aanchal Mamidwar from an Other Backward Classes (OBC) community, has triggered a wave of online reactions. Aanchal spoke out with remarkable courage, detailing the role her father and brother played in Saksham’s killing and the motivations behind it. How does one explain caste violence perpetrated by OBC groups neither politically powerful nor landholding? @SumitSamos writes. Read here: thequint.com/opinion/mahara…

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Sumit Samos@SumitSamos·26 Kas

Pfeffer, Georg 1994. ‘Music in Context: Ethnography and Meaning’. Does someone has a PDF of this article. Thanks

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Neha@nehavermani·25 Kas

Don’t know the criteria for this selection, but please read Daud Ali’s incisive review of The Golden Road. Critique offered by one the sharpest historians of our times & a domain specialist should not be sidelined for the sake of eyeballs or status quo. Link to the review 👇

Karwaan: The Heritage Exploration Initiative@karwaanheritage

The Karwaan Book Award 2025 Longlist is here. Ten extraordinary books. Ten ways of seeing the past anew. Congratulations to the longlisted authors, whose exceptional books challenge, move, and expand the way we understand our world. @DalrympleWill @vanyavaidehi @Ram_Guha

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Anurag Minus Verma@confusedvichar·22 Kas

NEW: A very insightful episode with Sagar on Bihar, caste politics, the memification of elections, the jungle raj label, and why the state carries more history and dignity than headlines suggest. Tune in now. youtu.be/2W7_yfe3b_g

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