This is a list of external resources that have been compiled by Caste Aside/Peacock Moon Productions. We are not the authors/creators of this material, unless stated otherwise. 

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Books

• The Culturalization of Caste in India: Identity and Inequality in a Multicultural Age (Balmurli Natrajan)​

• Classifying the Universe: The Ancient Indian Varna System and the Origins of Caste (Brian K. Smith)

• Caste and Social Stratification Among Muslims in India (Imtiaz Ahmad)

• Annihilation of Caste (B. R. Ambedkar)

• Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age (Susan Bayly)

• Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India (Nicholas Dirks)

• Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and Its Implications (Louis Dumont)

• Interrogating Caste: Understanding Hierarchy and Difference in Indian Society (Dipankar Gupta)

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Online resources

• BBC World News: What is India's caste system?

• ThoughtCo.: History of India's Caste System

• Why India is Still Fighting Over the Caste System

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Videos/Documentaries

• Al Jazeera: India's Dalit Revolution

• BBC News: What future for India's caste system

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Research/reports

• California Polytechnic State University: History of the Indian Caste System and its Impact on India Today