India’s media elite is nearly all upper-caste with zero Dalits or Adivasis
Evidence
In 2006, the CSDS did a survey on the social profile of New Delhi’s media elite. Of the 315 key decision-makers surveyed from thirty-seven Delhi-based Hindi and English publications and television channels, almost 90 per cent of the decision-makers in the English language print media and 79 per cent in television were found to be ‘upper caste’. Of them, 49 per cent were Brahmins. Not one of the 315 was a Dalit or an Adivasi; only 4 per cent belonged to castes designated as Shudra, and 3 per cent were Muslim (who make up 13.4 per cent of the population). — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 68
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s research on whether caste annihilation succeeded — media representation is a key institution where caste reproduction persists after formal abolition.