The Caste Question and Voices from the Margins

In the current debates about identity and justice, growthand development, Arundhati Roy writes in “The Doctor andThe Saint” that caste in at best a topic, a subheading and quiteoften a footnote….. * * * * * Dr.Babasaheb Ambedkar wrote in his seminalundelivered speech “Annihilation of Caste”: There cannot be amore degrading system of social organization than the castesystem. It is the system that deadens, paralyses and cripples thepeople from helpful activity. * * * * * “Narrative imagination” is the ability to understand therecords of lived experience outside of one’s own individualsocial or cultural context. “Narrative imagination” develops aconscience more suited to the multicultural world we live in.This extends to an active empathy that facilitates civic duties aresponsible world citizen must engage in ….. * * * * *