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- In the early 2000s, India was expected to 'shine' and emerge as a rising superpower.
- About the Author: Ravikant Kisana is currently the Associate Dean & Associate Professor at Woxsen University, Hyderabad.
- 256 Pages
- Social Science, Popular Culture
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In the early 2000s, India was expected to 'shine' and emerge as a rising superpower. It was the post-1990s golden generation-- professionals fresh out of B-schools and engineering programmes --who were supposed to take us there. The Great Indian Dream was ready to lift-off. Except we never left the ground.
No one could really explain what went wrong. Some blamed politicians, some corruption, some capitalism and some communal polarization. Most people missed the giant elephant in the room--caste. Caste in India is mostly researched and reported from the experience of the oppressed. Caste as a privilege is not understood well. How do caste elites respond to modernity? How do they understand culture, intimacy, love and tradition? Were their ideas, institutions and imaginations ever even capable of delivering upon the Great Indian Dream? In Meet the Savarnas, Ravikant Kisana goes where few authors have dared: to document the lives, the concerns and crises of India's urban elites, to frame the savarnas as a distinct social cohort, one that operates within itself and yet is oblivious of its own social rules, privileges and systems.About the Author
Ravikant Kisana is currently the Associate Dean & Associate Professor at Woxsen University, Hyderabad. His expertise lies in Cultural Studies and ethnographic research grounded in Critical Caste Studies. He also podcasts and performs live under the moniker of 'Buffalo Intellectual'.Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Popular Culture
Publisher: Ebury Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Ravikant Kisana
Language: English
Street Date: September 16, 2025
TCIN: 1004357836
UPC: 9780143465713
Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-3637
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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