OBC

Maha Tsunami boosts BJP, JMM wins a keen contest in Jharkhand

Rajeev Deshpande

A three-fourth majority for NDA buries Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray ambitions, consolidate feel good factor for BJP ahead of Parliament winter session. Soren is new tribal mascot

OBC Gambit?

Jayanta Ghosal

After stitching the upper-caste and Dalit votes, the BJP now wants to make inroads into Other Backward Classes?

From Identity Politics to Aspirational Politics

AK Verma

Name of the change

Fault Lines and False Notes

Ullekh NP

Communal resentment still simmers in volatile western UP and no party is averse to harvesting it

Who Will Catch the Rainbow?

AK Verma

The fragmentation of the OBC vote

A Conspiracy of Yadavs

Kumar Anshuman

After blatantly favouring one caste in government appointments, the judiciary comes calling at Akhilesh Yadav’s doorstep

Why Patels Can’t Complain

Kumar Anshuman

An unjustified demand for reservations by a dominant group has engulfed Gujarat in a caste struggle for power

The Supreme Court decision to take Jats off the Central OBC list means that the Jats of Bharatpur and Dholpur districts don’t get the benefit of reservations that others of the community do in Rajasthan