Extending reservations to the 'upper castes' who are poor or singly disadvantaged delegitimises the concept of double disadvantage: social marginalisation and economic ill-being.
Author: Neera Chandhoke
The Contradictions of the ‘Urban’ in India
The informal working class makes the city, but the city has no place for its own makers.
What Is This ‘New India’ That BJP Speaks of?
For which strand, which class, and which sub-community does it speak?