caste politics

The history of reservation is considerably older and more complicated than its familiar association with Ambedkar and the Constitution. It involves social hierarchy, colonial institutional change, regional political competition, reform movements and constitutional negotiation.

In the wake of this profound tragedy, intense protests erupted across the institute’s campus, with students demanding strict punitive action against the esteemed faculty member.

The dexterity at which a caste discrimination spin has been given to the suicide of a Dalit student who was caught cheating during the exam at IIT Bombay, has reignited the debate around the Leftist ideological takeover of India's premier technical institutions.

SP intended to capitalise on the caste issue, given that the accused is from the Brahmin community.