[INDOLOGY] "Caste passing"

Shyam Ranganathan shyamr at yorku.ca
Fri Jan 19 22:13:26 UTC 2018



On 19/01/2018 1:51 PM, Shyam Ranganathan wrote:
> I cant see my email in the outbox so I am sending it again : this 
> question made me think of Karna who tried to fool Parasurama but as 
> Nagaraj Paturi’s comment reminded me of other instances in the 
> Mahabharata (as when the Pandavas are in exile and incognito).
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Shyam
>
> Shyam Ranganathan
> York University
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 19, 2018, at 1:44 PM, Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY 
> <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
>
>> Krishna, a Kshatriya of Yaadava dynasty passes for a gopaala until he 
>> returns to Mathura.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 12:10 AM, Manu Francis <manufrancis at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:manufrancis at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Dear Nagaraj Paturi,
>>
>>     Yes, such cases are sought for.
>>
>>     --
>>
>>     Emmanuel Francis
>>     Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et de l'Asie
>>     du Sud (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
>>     http://ceias.ehess.fr/
>>     http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725
>>     <http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725>
>>     http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/
>>     Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB
>>     950, Universität Hamburg)
>>     http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
>>     <http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html>
>>     https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis
>>     <https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis>
>>
>>     2018-01-19 19:19 GMT+01:00 Nagaraj Paturi
>>     <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com <mailto:nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>         If successful disguise is counted as successful impersonation
>>         or passing, there are many.
>>
>>         Pandavas disguise themselves as Brahmins in Ekachakrapura and
>>         participate in svayamvara in that form only.
>>
>>         Are you / Is she looking for such cases?
>>
>>         On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:53 PM, Artur Karp via INDOLOGY
>>         <indology at list.indology.info
>>         <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> wrote:
>>
>>             A highly interesting question,
>>
>>             Best,
>>
>>             Artur Karp (em.)
>>             Katedra Azji Południowej
>>             Uniwersytet Warszawski
>>             Warszawa
>>
>>             2018-01-19 17:56 GMT+01:00 Manu Francis via INDOLOGY
>>             <indology at list.indology.info
>>             <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>:
>>
>>                 Dear Colleagues,
>>
>>                 I forward below a query on behalf my Colleague Zoé
>>                 Headley.
>>
>>                 (on her current project "Studies in Tamil Studio
>>                 Archives and Society (S.T.A.R.S.)"
>>                 see e.g:
>>                 http://www.ifpindia.org/content/studies-tamil-studio-archives-and-society-stars
>>                 <http://www.ifpindia.org/content/studies-tamil-studio-archives-and-society-stars>
>>                 and
>>                 http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/video/2018/01/19/une-autre-histoire-de-l-inde-ecrite-par-ses-photos_5244050_1650684.html
>>                 <http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/video/2018/01/19/une-autre-histoire-de-l-inde-ecrite-par-ses-photos_5244050_1650684.html>)
>>
>>
>>                 Any help will be much appreciated.
>>
>>                 Her query is:
>>
>>                 "I am searching for references in Indian
>>                 literature and classical texts of instances of "caste
>>                 impersonation", i.e. when an individual or a group
>>                 "passes" as a caste which is not their original birth
>>                 group. My search includes such instances in
>>                 contemporary literature"
>>
>>                 With very best wishes.
>>
>>                 --
>>
>>                 Emmanuel Francis
>>                 Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et
>>                 de l'Asie du Sud (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
>>                 http://ceias.ehess.fr/
>>                 http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725
>>                 <http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725>
>>                 http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/
>>                 Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript
>>                 Culture (SFB 950, Universität Hamburg)
>>                 http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
>>                 <http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html>
>>                 https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis
>>                 <https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis>
>>
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>>         -- 
>>         Nagaraj Paturi
>>         Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>>
>>
>>         BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
>>
>>         BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
>>
>>         Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>>         FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal
>>         Education,
>>         (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Nagaraj Paturi
>> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>>
>>
>> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
>>
>> BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala
>>
>> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
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