Figure 1: Screenshot of the online shop mentioned in Banerjee's social media There is a very old story in Bengal, and in every part of the subcontinent shaped by the long arm of Brahminical order, about who gets to speak and who must be silent. It is a story that begins, in the textual imagination, with molten lead poured into the ears of the Shudra who dared to hear the Veda, and with the severed thumb of Ekalavya, who dared to learn archery without the permission of his caste superiors. The story is told as if it belongs to a finished past. It does not. It continues, with a different set of props, a different vocabulary, a different set of delivery platforms. The lead is no longer molten. The thumb is no longer severed with a blade. The weapon now is a Facebook post with three hundred and sixty-two likes, written in an English that prides itself on its elite-school polish, announcing that a rural feminist video blogger from the margins of Bengal must submit herself to an examina...
Mohan Dutta: Culture-Centered Approach
This blog offers Mohan Dutta's reflections on the theoretical framework of the culture-centered approach, examining the interplays among culture, communication and marginalisation. It also explores resistance, the ways in which communities at the margins challenge structures. Writings on the blog are updated to reflect the organic analysis of structure and agency. These analyses are offered on a personal capacity and do not reflect the views of Prof. Dutta's employer.