Caste in the Classroom with Sameena Dalwai
In this episode, we will discuss how caste manifests in classrooms, curriculums, and pedagogy with a special reference to legal education. We will look into how caste and other axes of marginalized can be integrated into classroom teaching so as to ensure young lawyers are conscious of the sociological context they operate in. Stay tuned to learn about interesting ways of incorporating caste awareness into legal education.
Prof. (Dr.) Dalwai specializes in gender, sexuality, and law. Her Ph.D. thesis analyses the legal ban on dancing in the bars of Mumbai. In this work, she focuses on sexuality and law during globalisation in India with a specific reference to the caste capital of hereditary dancers. She has published in international journals and offered conference papers in many international conferences. Ms. Dalwai has worked as a lawyer with human rights organizations in Mumbai as well as health NGOs in rural Maharashtra. She envisioned and heads Development and Human Rights Institute (www.dhri.org ) a human rights education and exposure programme for students of western universities.