Top Dressing or Deep Roots?
Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India by Mukulika Banerjee, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2021; pp 237, `995 (hardbound).
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Cultivating Democracy: Politics and Citizenship in Agrarian India by Mukulika Banerjee, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2021; pp 237, `995 (hardbound).
The government had earlier restricted Pre-Matric Scholarships for Class 9 and 10 students attributing it to not following the guidelines for Right To Education which guarantees free and quality education to all children till Class 8.
The recent Dalit representation in Indian cinema has arrived with nuanced attributes, distinct from the earlier cinematic portrayal that mostly depicted them as victims of caste atrocities and violence. The new representation in the recent Hindi, Tamil, and Marathi films and on various over-the-top platforms has progressively identified Dalits as the part of a greater
Authoritarianism and Resistance in India The Fight Against Modi and Hindutva in the Era of COVID-19 Editor’s note: New Politics board member Phil Gasper interviewed Samantha Agarwal in April 2020. The interview was subsequently transcribed and edited for length. Phil Gasper for New Politics: You have recently returned from India. You were there during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), and you left a few days before the recent lockdown was put in place. Can you tell us about some of these recent events that have defined Indian politics on a national scale for some ...