India Growth: Caste as Social Capital
By Dr R. Vaidyanathan
May 2013
The author is Professor of Finance, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
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This is a superb article on Caste. You might to like to also read the following articles on caste -
1. Demystifying Caste http://www.esamskriti.com/essay-chapters/Demystifying-Caste1.aspx
2. Communities
as
open-air
business
schools
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/communities-as-openair-businessschools/article4766385.ece
3. Why Caste can’t be so one-dimensional http://www.esamskriti.com/essaychapters/Rethinking-caste~Why-we-can%60t-be-so-one~dimensional-1.aspx
4. When caste was not a bad word http://www.esamskriti.com/essay-chapters/When-castewas-not-a-bad-word-1.aspx
5. Indigenous Education in the 18th century http://www.esamskriti.com/essaychapters/Indigeneous-Education-in-the-18th-century-1.aspx