User:Voolican/Caste system in India/Kshrikent Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Voolican


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Voolican/Caste_system_in_India?veaction=edit&preload=Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org_draft_template
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Caste system in India

Evaluate the drafted changes
Lead

It doesn't seem as though the Lead section of the article has been updated to reflect the content added by my peer. This may be necessary depending on if my peer considers the contents of this section to be important enough to the topic of the Indian caste system to warrant inclusion in the Lead section. I would recommend maybe a tiny edit to the Lead that highlights this section of the article.

Content

In my opinion, the content is of utmost relevance to the topic. It is very up-to-date, expanding upon the existing portion of this article, which doesn’t include references past 1997, with a section on the 21st century that alludes to caste-related films as recent as 2019. Each section is also informative and seems essential, i.e. nothing comes off as redundant or unnecessary. Additionally, this is an article that brings into sharp focus historically underrepresented populations, with an examination of caste prejudice in India and specifically caste representation in Indian media, or a lack thereof.

Tone and Balance

I would say that the tone of the article is neutral. It is difficult to evaluate objectivity in cases of topics such as prejudice and discrimination since asserting that prejudice exists in the first place is inherently a subjective claim. However, there aren’t any bold claims and my peer hasn’t made any statements that heavily favor a certain point of view. The focus of the article is disparities in caste representation in popular culture, and this topic is tackled tactfully and as neutrally as can be.

Sources and References

All new pieces of information are cited appropriately and are backed by credible sources, i.e. journals and academic papers. The citations used are also very recent, dated to either 2020 or 2021, are written by a diverse spectrum of writers, and provide a comprehensive outlook on the topic at hand. The content of the article for the most part accurately reflects what the cited sources say. For example, Anti-caste Aesthetics and Dalit Interventions in Indian Cinema by Manju Edachira, which is one of the referenced citations, is well represented by my peer. From my understanding, this piece highlights the recent wave of anti-caste cinema that is predominantly contributed to by Dalit filmmakers and the ways in which this has challenged the Brahminical aesthetics of Indian cinema. Furthermore, Caste and Cinema: A Sociological Analysis of Caste Representation in Indian Cinema by Amarjit Singh, another example of a citation used by my peer, is decently explored in the article. However, perhaps this piece specifically can be even better reflected by my peer with a description of how filmmakers, through their work, have also attempted to challenge caste discrimination.

Organization

While the content added is concise, I would advise that it be proof read and the grammar double checked. In my opinion, there are a few portions of the article that could be strengthened hugely with a simple Grammarly check or just a slight rewording. I must add that the article has been very neatly organized, consisting of a chronological order of sorts. The existing portion of the article highlights caste representation in the 20th century while my peer, in the following paragraphs, describes this same topic with a focus on the 21st century.

Overall impressions

In my opinion, the content added has undoubtedly improved the overall quality of this article. The article is more complete, now containing an entirely new section that affords it a more modern focus. I feel as though articles like these and their continual development are essential and should be lauded given that they spotlight very real and important issues relating to ongoing prejudice and discrimination in India.