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The Idea of India: 'Derivative, Desi and Beyond'
The dalit discourse in India presents a sharp contrast to the "derivative" and the "desi" discourses governing nationalist thought and the "idea of India". The dalit discourse goes "beyond" the two in offering an imagination that is based on a "negative" language which however transcends into a normative form of thinking. The dalit goes beyond both the derivative and desi inasmuch as it foregrounds itself in the local configuration of power, which is constitutive of the hegemonic orders of capitalism and brahminism.
This article is based on the text of the Founders’ Day lecture delivered at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, 28 April 2011.
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