The Pain of Merit

NETHRAPAL IRS
The Pain of Merit
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1 min readAug 25, 2023

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Section 6 — Historical Perspectives and other issues pertaining to caste, merit and reservations

Emperor Asoka was already a Buddhist before the Kalinga war.

Caste is not a British Construct — Empirical Evidences

‘Not Just A Woman, A Dalit Woman’: Fighting Caste And Class Within India’s Feminist Movement

Can we really make a new constitution?

Rabindranath Tagore, a member of the lowered Pirali caste, was barred from entering the Puri Jagannath temple by the East India Company.

Is it true that Dravidian, Aryan identities created during British rule?

Equality among Unequals

A study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science found that the Indus Valley people were fond of meat and beef as a large part of their diet.

Did Gandhiji ask the untouchables to wear the sacred thread?

Tests for SC/ST caste under census of 1911

The untouchability that touchable treat as an offence was never experienced by other religions.

Nehru Idea of Merit and Reservation

The oldest manuscripts of the Rigveda are dated 1494 A.D. What technology or AI did they use to date it back to 1500 BC?

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NETHRAPAL IRS
The Pain of Merit

B-Tech from IIT Madras, PGDM from IIM-Bangalore, Writer, Senior IRS Officer, FM Awardee,Views personal.