Posts Tagged “other backward classes”
Left Front Government drags feet over OBC reservation
by Ritwik on July 3, 2009
Everyone knows that the left parties in India [ie, CPI, CPI-M, RSP and Forward Block] are passionate supporters of caste based reservations. We see this here and here and here Why then, is the CPM-led Left Front Government in Bengal (…)
Continue ReadingReinterpretation of Dreams – a critique
by Ritwik on July 2, 2009
A critique of Jean Dreze’s Interpretation of Dreams that appeared in Times of India. This critique focuses on how Dreze has failed to appreciate the significant impact colonialism has in India’s present state of poverty and illiteracy. Also examines the impact of colonialism in widening caste based disparities in India.
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