Teltumbde, Anand

Republic of caste: thinking equality in the time of neoliberal hindutva - New Delhi Navayana 2018 - 432p. Includes bibliographical references, abbreviations and index

Commanding in its scope, revelatory and unsparing in argument, Republic of caste amounts to a new map of post-Independence India. Anand br>‘Teltumbde identifies the watershed moments of its journey: from the adoption of a flawed Constitution to the Green revolution, the OBC upsurge and rise of regional parties, up to the Nexus of neoliberalism and Hindu TV a in the present day. As a politics of symbolism exploits the fissile nature of caste to devitalise India’s poorest, Teltumbde’s damning analysis shows progressive politics a way out of the present impasse.

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Dalits -- India
Caste -- Political aspects -- India
Neoliberalism -- India