“It is worth noting that the Subaltern Studies gate-kept the field, shutting the doors for SC/ST/OBC academicians who wished to contribute to subaltern studies in universities in the Western world,” Mandal continued. In a tweet on April 29, he noted that Guha spearheaded a tradition of doing subaltern studies in South Asia, without considering caste and anti-caste struggles. However, a section of experts Down To Earth (DTE) spoke to is of the opinion that Guha and other writers who wrote such historiography neglected the elephant in the room: Caste.Īuthor and journalist Dilip Mandal set the ball rolling. Guha is credited with starting the school of ‘Subaltern studies’ about the stories of groups who have historically been at the lowest rungs of society. It is over a week since renowned historian Ranajit Guha passed away in Vienna on April 28, 2023, just a month before turning 100.
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