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In this paper, I have tried to work out how the caste discourse in West Bengal is enmeshed with discourses concerning social justice and class and how partition has brought to the fore such a condition. In doing this, I have sought to locate the middle-class as a modern cultural space bounded by a certain language and a set of norms and regulations, the very theme of which is being set by the upper-castes elite. Reading the works by scholars such as Sekhar Bandopadhyay, Partha Chatterjee, Sarbani Bandopadhyay, Dwaipayan Sen and others, I have to tried to trace the movement of the marginalized castes into this modern cultural sphere and to draw a hint as to what results such movements can bring forth. I have grounded my perspective with the help of a fieldwork(pilot study) done in Duttapukur, a place 35 kilometres away from Kolkata, historically and culturally conditioned by Partition and Dalit discourse.
Keywords:
Caste Discourse, Partition, Marginalisation, Middle-class
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"The Politics of Castelessness in West Bengal", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.7, Issue 11, page no.737 - 742, November-2022, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2211103.pdf
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