Dear Manu,

There are castes who have called themselves Kṣatriyas even though other castes do not recognize them as such. There have also been several rulers in many dynasties who performed Hiraṇyagarbha to become Kṣatriyas. Do they count?

Regards,
Palaniappan

On Jan 19, 2018, at 12:40 PM, Manu Francis via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear Nagaraj Paturi,

Yes, such cases are sought for.

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Emmanuel Francis
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2018-01-19 19:19 GMT+01:00 Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi@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@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@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
and
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.

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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://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
https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis

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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,
 
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