[Reader-list] [Announcements] ZESTCaste: Looking for a moderator

[Shivam Vij]

  Dear all,


ZEST is looking for a moderator to run a new mailing list called
ZESTCaste, to circulate an article a day on issues related to caste in
the Indian subcontinent. The list is to reflect contemporary discourse
on caste, promote new thinking on the subject, bring to light research
done on caste over decades. The moderator will have to be "objective"
on the issue, giving space to all shades of opinion on the subject,
reflecting not just both the upper- and lower-caste views, but also
the differences within them. The list will also reflect the
increasingly high-brow Dalit activism being carried out by such
eminent caste activists as Udit Raj, Chandrabhan Prasad, Kancha
Ilaiah, VT Rajshekhar, Gopal Guru and S. Anand. ZESTCaste will also
give space to news reports about caste issues, as well as the academic
research by scholars who hide themselves in universities.

The moderator will have to run both the editorial and technical
aspects of the mailing list: the technical can be imparted by us,
whereas the editorial, we presume, you already have before you write
in. We can, however, also train you in procuring free caste-related
editorial content from the Net.

Despite objectivity, the idea of ZESTCaste will be activist in nature.
ZEST supports removal of caste inequalities in society through means
including affirmative action in both public and private enterprise.

Anyone who's interested is requested to write to shivamvij at gmail.com.

  Shivam Vij
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