Srinagar, Nov. 10 -- During a time characterized by the rise of identity politics and majoritarian nationalism, which wishes to create a 'Hindu' community with caste divisions and hierarchies intact, the resurgence of Periyar E.V. Ramasamy's radical thought is nothing less than an ethical imperative. This new volume, Caste and the Crisis of Dignity: Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Speaks (Speaking Tiger), compiled and introduced by V.M.S. Subagunarajan, forms an important archive of Periyar's lifelong campaign against inherited inequality, presenting the multi-pronged strategy one sought for the annihilation of caste. It goes further to forcefully remind us that the fight for social justice fundamentally is one for self-respect.Periyar, being an av...