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Bengal factor in Indian politics

Understanding politics of Bengal. (Image credit: Economic Times)

If one wants to trace the reason behind the culture of politicisation of Bengal one needs to understand that the highest common factor in the Indian politics is that Bengalis were behind the establishment of almost all the major parties.…

The systematic political disempowerment of Dalits

As parties of Mayawati and (late) Ram Vilas Paswan are struggling for existence, the political empowerment of Dalits is lagging behind. (File photo, Image credit: Deccan Herald)

Dussadh (Paswan) and Ravidas (Cobbler), the castes to which Ram Vilas Paswan and Mayawati respectively belong are socially, economically and educationally the most empowered Dalit sub-castes of North India. Today they are the ones facing the biggest challenge.      While Dussadhs…

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