Chhadi Lage Chham Chham, Vidya Yeyi Gham Gham (The Harder the Stick Beats, the Faster the Flow of Knowledge)

Shailaja Paik
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Shailaja Paik: Shailaja Paik is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the History Department, Union College, Schenectady, New York–12308. E-mail: paiks@union.edu and shailajapaik@gmail.com.

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2009, vol. 16, issue 2, 175-204

Abstract: More than a reference to corporal punishment, the chhadi (stick) in this article denotes the psychologically crippling and inerasable experiences of Dalit girls in formal institutions of education. A Dalit girl's journey to the citadel of dnyan (knowledge) to gain an education is strewn with many social and cultural obstacles. I argue that power relationships in the wider society have a strong bearing on both access to education and the quality of the education that Dalit girls receive. Dalit girls are subjected to the discipline, control, regulation and surveillance of not only state services in the education system but also of their parents. Thus, they face double discrimination along lines of both caste and gender.

Date: 2009
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