Analyzing the Intersectionality of Gender and Caste Dynamics

Abstract

With a focus on the interconnection of gender and caste oppression in Indian culture, this study explores the notion of intersectionality. The disparity between the world's wealthy and poor has become wider as a result of globalisation, which has also brought about economic growth and progress. As a result of oligarchic power politics, minorities in India have had their fundamental human rights violated due to long-standing gender and caste inequities brought about by the country's unexpected economic boom. Parliament continues to be a place where women who identify as belonging to more than one identity group are either ignored or underrepresented. Many various feminist movements with varied origin stories have contributed to the current mainstream post-constitutional Indian discourse. Despite their diversity, these feminist groups nevertheless fail to provide a theory that appropriately addresses the intersection of gender and caste. Through their efforts, Dalit feminist groups have effectively elevated the status of "Dalit women" inside the feminist canon and challenged it for treating the women's issue through a caste lens.