Duration: 18:02
In this episode of the Ambedkar Initiative Podcast Series, Master's student Layla Varkey interviews Columbia College senior Yosan Alemu on Yosan’s experience annotating Ambedkar’s 1916 essay “Castes in India.” At Columbia, Yosan studies Comparative Literature, focusing on the African Diaspora and Blackness as a category for thought and thinking. She was drawn to Ambedkar’s analysis of caste in relation to race, gender, and sexuality. In her annotations of “Castes in India,” she pays close attention to Ambedkar’s analysis of casteism through the lens of gender and sexuality, as well as the notion of ‘surplus man and woman’ that Ambedkar introduces.
Ambedkar Initiative Podcast Series - Episode 1