Caste Dynamics
Caste dynamics often play a pivotal role, especially in a state as politically significant as Uttar Pradesh.
Caste dynamics often play a pivotal role, especially in a state as politically significant as Uttar Pradesh.
A new book focuses on Bihar’s socio-political volatility.
The results of a state-level survey, India's first caste-based count since a 1931 census, were made public by Bihar
Whatever the name, ability and honour of a person, everybody is the same and there are no differences, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday.
The incident hyped after some people belonging to a certain community were running a shop near the school and refused to sell snacks to children from the Scheduled Castes.
Merit is a misnomer in a society that builds institutions by favouring some groups while discriminating against others.
While taking the necessary precautions to avoid misinterpretation, society must certainly move in various ways towards the objective of a casteless society.
Perhaps the best antidote to this despair is to study the examples and lives of those who have fought against the odds and succeeded.
More generally, why are so many who consider themselves ‘secular’ and ‘liberal’ wilfully silent about caste and class privilege? I do not take for granted the few voices that speak out over the weaponisation of religion against Christian, Hindu and minoritarian Muslim sects.
It sounds legitimate that a caste census would bring to the fore the numbers of individuals who are on the fringes — which should be of much use in democratic policy making. It has been argued that a Socio-Economic caste census would be the most effective method to justify reservation based on evidence. In absence of such enumeration, there is no proper estimate for the OBC population as also various groups within the OBCs.
