Castes of mind

Two events in recent weeks have focused attention on the politics of socio-religious groups — the Dalit trade fair in Mumbai visited by the likes of Ratan Tata, and the 4.5 per cent reservation for Muslims from the OBC quota. As it happens, there are also two new studies — one by Sukhadeo Thorat and Amaresh Dubey and the other by Rajeev Dehejia and Arvind Panagariya — that shed light on what works and what doesn’t, when it comes to caste groups.

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