Tags: equality, justice, merit, reservation | 3 comments |

‘Slum dog millionaire,’ the Oscar award winner film, on a closer reading, is a parable on the theme of merit. It raises the question of merit and resolves it through the presentation of a variety of evidences to prove the protagonist’s legitimacy to claim certain social spaces. This is akin to the conventional, judicial way [...]

June 11th, 2009 | Category: caste | (13 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5)
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