Brahmins are fashioning new political rhetoric from old stereotypes
In spite of his continuous victimization, Rohith Vemula did live a life of the mind that militated against the caste of the mind.
In 1995, when Mayawati first became CM, the political epoch truly turned. Identity politics was now the norm. The BJP prospered by another version of it, but it was the caste-led parties that initiated the debate on the secular side. Here, one of India’s most eminent political theorists examines the curious trajectory of Dalit-led parties like that of Mayawati.
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