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The article aims to analyze how merit discourses in India intersect with caste hierarchy and contribute to sustained inequalities.

Merit as Privilege in the Age of Modernity: Caste Hierarchy and the Politics of Accountability in India

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This article examines the politics of merit and caste in India, highlighting systemic inequalities and advocating for political accountability.

The article aims to analyze how merit discourses in India intersect with caste hierarchy and contribute to sustained inequalities.
Analyzes UGC Guidelines 2026 regarding caste discrimination in higher education.
Examines the symbolic protest against the Manu statue in 2018.
Investigates patterns of spatial and institutional segregation related to caste.
Engages with Dalit philosophy and various socio-cultural interpretations.
Demonstrates that concerns of dominant castes often obscure historical injustices faced by marginalized communities.
Illustrates how caste dynamics continue to influence modern institutions and labor practices.
Critiques the ideological use of merit as a justification for inherited privilege.
Argues for a political rather than moral framework for accountability in addressing caste discrimination.

Kumari et al. (2026) studied this question.

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This article examines the politics of merit and caste in India, highlighting systemic inequalities and advocating for political accountability.