[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.
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>>
>> BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra
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>> 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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>> --
>> 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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