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The inclusion of caste in its anti-discrimination policy by the California State Universities is as a major triumph for activists.

Why do ideas of equality, reason and freedom scare some people? The answer lies in the simple fact that these ideas rock the boat for the castes and classes who rule.

The book ranges over an extended checklist of themes centred on Pakistan, with all of them jostling for attention

Reinventing radical politics, by looking Left Updated: Updated: March 16, 2021 11:00 IST The Left needs to actively pursue agents of change such as secularism, the Green, ethnic and national movements Share Article AAA The Left needs to actively pursue agents of change such as secularism, the Green, ethnic and national movements In recent years, radical politics has faced a number of new challenges, not least of which has been the re-emergence of the aggressive, authoritarian state. Hyper-masculine nationalism, and a systemic assault of racist and religious politics on the marginalised are th...

The Problem of Being a Dalit in the Communist Movement R.B. More was a bridge between Dalit and communist politics and tried to change the communist party leadership's stand on the caste question. R.B. More, c. 1937. Photo: Unknown/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Rights07/Mar/2021 As recalcitrant subjects in Indian history, Dalits were always a problem for the status quo and the politics and ideas that attempted to transform it. True to their outlier position in caste Hindu society as stigmatised beings, they endure abject poverty, and their condition is incomprehensible even to the well-mean...