Interview with sociologist Dipankar Gupta

When Professor Dipankar Gupta visited Indian villages in the 1980s, it left him disturbed as he re-examined the caste order, rural-urban linkages, caste identities and the assertion of the Indian......

Without quota, every caste would be a forward cast

To rule India -- with her huge size and population -- the British hit upon a simple yet brilliant idea: divide and rule, with the State playing the crucial role of an arbitrator between various......