Bahujan

India and the Indian: My nationalism competes with China, not Pakistan, writes Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd

Our political life, lived around only village panchayats before 1950, is now connected to a larger constitutional democracy. In the future, this nationalist view will gain more prominence. The RSS nationalism will slowly but surely wither away.

Regional outfits are weaker, but will survive

Political entrepreneurs would continue to populate the landscape by forming new parties

Cracks in cult of Mayawati: Return to Kanshi Ram’s alliance formula shows BSP chief’s larger-than-life image has begun to crumble

Bahujan Samaj Party had hoped to fashion a single, national leadership for Dalits across India. Win or lose in Uttar Pradesh, that dream is dead. Ultimately, Behenji has discovered cult followings can be fickle

MeToo and savarna feminism: Revolutions cannot start with the privileged, feminist future must be equal for all

Mainstream feminism in India aka upper-caste or savarna feminism, as it exists today, is problematic.

Good turnout in Jharkhand as voters defy Maoists (Third Lead)

Ranchi, Nov 25 (IANS) Defying a poll boycott call by Maoists, voters in Jharkhand Tuesday turned out in good numbers in the first of the five-phase assembly elections, officials said. "Around 61.92 percent polling took place in the first phase