International Journal of Research in Social Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 4

Gurram Jashua-Founding Father of Modernity in India

  • Author:
  • N. Kanakarathnam1, Surya Raju Mattimalla2, Kasim Babu3
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 311 to 320

1Head, Dept of History, Archaeology and Culture, Dravidian University-Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India

2Ph. D. Research Scholar, Dept of History, Archaeology and Culture, Dravidian University-Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India

3Ph. D. Research Scholar, Dept of Telugu and Translation Studies, Dravidian University-Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India

Online published on 10 March, 2016.

Abstract

Gurram Jashuva was an organic intellectual born into two powerful communities intellectually i.e Christian converted Yadav-Madiga communities from India. His aggressive writings on caste and untouchability reflect the progressive intellectual writings of classical Christian thinkers ranging from Greek and Roman philosophers to modern Christian philosophers such as French Philosophers Michael Foucault, Jacques Derrida, German Philosopher Karl Marx, American Philosopher Avram Noam Chomsky, French Marxist Philosopher Louis Pierre Althusser, British Philosopher Perry Anderson, American Philosopher Benedict Anderson from west who questioned the oppressive attitudes of their fellow dominant groups in their respective countries. Jashuvas writings are polemic and got attention from the western intellectuals within the short span of time. Paper analyses India's oppressive systems through his lived experience with caste Hindus who suppressed the majority masses historically since the arrival of Dravidians as well as Aryans.

Keywords

Madiga-Yadav, Organic Intellectuals, Resistance Ideology, Caste, Untouchability