It cautions against exaggerating the role of international civil society actors in local democratization processes, and also argues that the feared depoliticizing of public interests as a result of INGO involvement is misplaced in the case of Dalit politics....
However, the remains of the caste system can still be seen in the way that Indians move through and interact with their society. Many people of lower caste, for example, face legal barriers and difficulty when they try to enter Indian politics. Language & Humanities is dedicated to providing...
or why his politics (Hindutva) cuts through caste. There’s barely any mention of the social welfare benefits that are at the heart of the development project with the slogan: Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas (Everyone Together, Everyone’s Development). In fact, foreign observers would be shocked ...
Beyond Depoliticization? Caste, NGOs and Dalit Land Rights in Maharashtra, IndiaSuryakant WaghmoreWaghmore S. Beyond Depoliticization? Caste, NGOs and Dalit Land Rights in Maharashtra, India. Dev Change. 2012;43(6):1313‐1336. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467‐7660.2012.01801.x...
mobilization of the Namasudras as a typical form of caste politics although he concedes that the successor of the Left Front, the ruling Trinamool Congress (All India Trinamool Congress or AITC) regime did indulge in sporadic caste politics by appealing to the caste identity of the Namasudras...
Nicholas Dirks describes in his book Caste of Mind the politicization of caste by both the colonial authorities and their modern constituencies. While caste remained a fluid system of relations within the South Asian subcontinent into the 1870s, imperial surveys continued to make caste a central su...