The writer, professor at EFL University, Hyderabad, was convenor, Progressive Students’ Forum, a pro-Mandal reservation group, at the University of Hyderabad in the 1990s.
Will counting caste lead to radical changes? It all depends on how the political parties mobilise these caste communities and how caste blocs respond to this report
The record of the intervention of Central Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and the HRD ministry raises doubts about Apparao’s role in awarding the punishment.