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Ujithra Ponniah
@UjithraP
Senior Researcher @Wits_SCIS,
Former Faculty @TISSpeak,
JNU Alumna,
wealth inequality, elites, ascriptive hierarchies (caste, race, gender)
Former Faculty @TISSpeak,
JNU Alumna,
wealth inequality, elites, ascriptive hierarchies (caste, race, gender)
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Lol.
Helped a 60-year old Bengali uncle on my way back from Bangalore. Impressed uncle told me later that I dont quite look mohammedan and how he is top of the hierarchy Brahmin and is not like some mixed Bihari 'Sinha' and I should definitely to his 20-year old daughter' wedding.View quoted post on X
My learned friend, Rahul Sapkal (Faculty IIT Mumbai) tells me, general education has narrowed, but formal years of schooling and technical education shows divergent patterns in occupations and earnings across social groups.
Is India becoming more meritocratic?
Gupta, Munshi & Singh document narrowing caste gaps in education and occupations since the 1980s. Affirmative action and caste networks may both play a role, though substantial inequalities persist.
Read now: bit.ly/4A0cdckView quoted post on X
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🎓 Explore the Wits MCom in Inequality Studies.
Hear graduate Nobuhle Chidumba share her experience.
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#StudyAtWits #WitsforGood #SCISView quoted post on X
