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Kanshi Ram and the Making of Dalit Political Agency
https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/3/special-articles/kanshi-ram-and-making-dalit-political-agency.html
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Kanshi Ram and the Making of Dalit Political Agency
https://www.epw.in/journal/2021/3/special-articles/kanshi-ram-and-making-dalit-political-agency.html
Economic and Political Weekly
Kanshi Ram and the Making of Dalit Political Agency : Leadership
Kanshi Ram worked out an additive strategy of visualising Indian society and argued for an identity-based representational space for communities in the Indian political system. An important
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Revisiting the Wrongs of Bahujan Politics
https://m.thewire.in/article/caste/ambedkar-bahujan-politics-buddhism/amp
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Revisiting the Wrongs of Bahujan Politics
https://m.thewire.in/article/caste/ambedkar-bahujan-politics-buddhism/amp
The Wire
Revisiting the Wrongs of Bahujan Politics
There is an urgent need to revive Dr Ambedkar’s Republican ideology to save our socialist secular democracy.
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Development and social change: Improving caste identity in India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/development-and-social-change-improving-caste-identity-in-india/
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Development and social change: Improving caste identity in India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/development-and-social-change-improving-caste-identity-in-india/
Times of India Blog
Development and social change: Improving caste identity in India
Caste identity is a critical factor in the development paradigm in our country. Recently, we have seen a surge in representational politics, where NDA has nominated Droupadi Murmu, from the scheduled tribe, as their candidate...
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How the reification of caste will not lead to a true politics of change and justice
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/how-the-reification-of-caste-will-not-lead-to-a-true-politics-of-change-and-justice/article66931836.ece
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How the reification of caste will not lead to a true politics of change and justice
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/how-the-reification-of-caste-will-not-lead-to-a-true-politics-of-change-and-justice/article66931836.ece
The Hindu
How the reification of caste will not lead to a true politics of change and justice
How the reification of caste will not lead to a true politics of change and justice
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The Missing Question of Power in the Dalit-Bahujan Discourse
https://thewire.in/caste/the-missing-question-of-power-in-the-dalit-bahujan-discourse
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The Missing Question of Power in the Dalit-Bahujan Discourse
https://thewire.in/caste/the-missing-question-of-power-in-the-dalit-bahujan-discourse
The Wire
The Missing Question of Power in the Dalit-Bahujan Discourse
There are few flag bearers, intellectuals and social movements in the contemporary times that can claim to inherit the radical legacy of anti-caste movements of the past.
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Where politics of caste goes wrong
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/casteism-social-justice-social-equality-caste-politics-8996657/
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Where politics of caste goes wrong
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/casteism-social-justice-social-equality-caste-politics-8996657/
The Indian Express
Where politics of caste goes wrong
This politics, including the latest discourse on counting of castes, diverts attention from the more difficult task of building and nurturing public institutions
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Postmodern theories of leisure, consumerism and identity
https://revisesociology.com/2023/10/24/postmodern-theories-of-leisure-consumerism-and-identity/
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Postmodern theories of leisure, consumerism and identity
https://revisesociology.com/2023/10/24/postmodern-theories-of-leisure-consumerism-and-identity/
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Postmodern theories of leisure, consumerism and identity - ReviseSociology
Postmodern theories underline leisure and consumer activities as key sources of identity in postmodern society, contrary to identity formed by work or social class in the modern era. In his book, "Decentring Leisure," Chris Rojek argues that leisure, often…
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The Bihar caste survey and the social justice agenda
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-bihar-caste-survey-and-the-social-justice-agenda/article67533118.ece
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The Bihar caste survey and the social justice agenda
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-bihar-caste-survey-and-the-social-justice-agenda/article67533118.ece
The Hindu
The Bihar caste survey and the social justice agenda
The caste survey in Bihar does raise questions that will profoundly affect our collective future as a nation
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Time to end reservations
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/reservations-caste-census-india-coalition-9061631/
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Time to end reservations
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/reservations-caste-census-india-coalition-9061631/
The Indian Express
Tavleen Singh writes: Time to end reservations
Among the benefits that accrue is that you can claim vast tracts of valuable public land for this supposedly charitable activity. The whole system is corrupt, outdated and evil, and the people who barely benefit because of it are those deprived and discriminated…
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Identity Politics Is a Poor Substitute for Socialism
https://jacobin.com/2023/12/no-politics-but-class-politics-review-identity-race-working-class-adolph-reed-walter-benn-michaels
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Identity Politics Is a Poor Substitute for Socialism
https://jacobin.com/2023/12/no-politics-but-class-politics-review-identity-race-working-class-adolph-reed-walter-benn-michaels
Jacobin
Identity Politics Is a Poor Substitute for Socialism
In No Politics but Class Politics, Walter Benn Michaels and Adolph Reed show how an identity politics that obscures class politics and ignores economic inequality only makes the many miseries around us worse.
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What we lose when we focus on identity politics
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/what-we-lose-when-we-focus-on-identity-politics-9382170/
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What we lose when we focus on identity politics
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/what-we-lose-when-we-focus-on-identity-politics-9382170/
The Indian Express
What we lose when we focus on identity politics
Identities matter. But an obsession with the past makes it much harder for the country to grapple with the profound changes taking place both within and outside.