D Shyam Babu
MBZ In Delhi, Turks At Our Gates
India’s security challenge will get a lot tougher if Türkiye joins the Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence pact. The threat from this would-be Islamic Nato needs to enter mainstream consciousness in New Delhi. And friends such as UAE become crucial
Message from Maratha quota: Wanna be weak? You gotta be strong
What’s the message from Maratha quota: Numerically large castes & classes with social heft can game the system. Netas play along to win elections
Mandal’s original sin, surveyed
The problem with caste surveys is this: Yes, an omnibus OBC quota wasn’t fair to the most backward classes. Yes, a headcount of the most underprivileged is important. But if more quotas are the only policy idea from such exercises, the complexity of inequalities won’t be addressed
Why EWS like OBC is about caste, not class
EWS, like OBC, is about caste, not class. We should stop pretending reservations are about the poor