The gaze is up-close Indian & South Asian but the arguments are discipline facing and will hopefully shape conversations in IR broadly, especially since (globalized) caste vocabularies pervade world politics – from "outcastes" and "pariahs" to brahmins and pundits.

Many cracking reads in this Special Issue – from the diabolical politics of the category of "pariah states," and a scathing indictment of Indian secularism in its effacement of caste politics, to sensitive portraits of dalit and anti-caste figures like Ambedkar, KR Narayanan, and Kanshi Ram.

Congrats, Claire! Look forward to reading.

Cheers. This looks great- congrats!