Debrahminising Diplomacy

This article is an examination of the intellectual history of Indian diplomacy. That is, how colonial and postcolonial Indian international relations and diplomacy have been structured by the self-privileging-caste groups, such as brahmins, as the heir apparent diplomats of the British-brahmin raj and the brahmin-male claims and codifications, brahminical institutions and practices, as the transnational culture, religion and history of the Indian diaspora. Informal and personal international interventions of self-privileging-caste Indians have fostered brahmincentric religio-cultural privileges, institutions and networks overseas. Therefore, such efforts have propagandised transnational brahminism via Indian international relations and diplomacy. Engaging Critical Caste Studies, this article theoretically elucidates on and contributes to revamping Indian diplomacy. Furthermore, it is by incorporating raceless and casteless philosophies and practices that the seeding for debrahminising diplomacy emerges.