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Using the example of Kumud Pawade, show how the process of sanskritisation is gendered.
Solution
Kumud Pawade in her autobiography recounts how a Dalit woman became a Sanskrit teacher. As a student, she is drawn towards the study of Sanskrit, perhaps because it is the means through which she can break into a field that was not possible for her to enter on grounds of gender and caste. Perhaps she was drawn towards it because it would enable her to read in the original what the texts have to say about women and the Dalits.
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