The writer is professor, Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad
April 19,2018 01:34:23 AM
Song, drama and literature play a role. Ambedkar, the symbolism around him, is at its centre.
March 20,2018 00:16:12 AM
SP-BSP win in UP by-polls featured Dalits, OBCs, Muslims, disillusioned BJP voters
January 19,2018 00:08:11 AM
Memories can rouse a social group. And they can be a source of hurt to others.
September 11,2017 00:19:51 AM
Mayawati will need to reorganise her party and frame a new vocabulary to combat BJP-RSS overtures to Dalits.
February 20,2017 00:02:20 AM
Newly visible on social media, the party is more conscious of politics of perception.
January 11,2017 00:03:39 AM
Mayawati fears that if the BSP is portrayed as an exclusively Dalit party, she might lose the votes of other castes
December 15,2016 00:02:55 AM
Non-Jatav Dalits in UP do not find political representation because of their limited role in swaying state and national elections.
September 16,2016 00:02:17 AM
Mayawati aims to win over Muslims, other social groups to expand BSP base.
August 15,2016 03:48:46 AM
Gujarat Dalits’ move to quit ‘menial jobs’ in protest has a precedent in UP
June 15,2016 00:08:55 AM
Enthused by its success in Assam, the BJP is now focused on winning Uttar Pradesh
March 21,2016 00:05:32 AM
Countercultural narratives of myths and deities must be allowed to flourish.
February 09,2016 00:03:29 AM
SP projects the former as a development icon, the latter plays on caste.
November 20,2015 00:04:51 AM
Results of local elections indicate that the BSP is regaining ground in UP.
November 03,2014 00:57:35 AM
Kanshi Ram’s critique of Dalit politics of 1970s has again become relevant
August 14,2014 00:05:00 AM
Why the communal incidents in western UP may, in fact, be engineered.
May 26,2014 00:50:21 AM
The BJP has adeptly taken apart Mayawati’s social engineering
October 29,2013 00:26:21 AM
Both the BSP and BJP are trying to appropriate him as they compete for Dalit votes.
