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Beyond the ‘plum’ posting: Why the caste lens still defines bureaucratic success
Following my recent blog on former IAS bureaucrat Atanu Chakraborty’s sudden exit as non-executive chairman of HDFC Bank, a few colleagues from the Gujarat cadre — mostly those I...
Who’s Rashtra Is it Anyway?
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Dalits: Still doing the savarna’s dirty job?
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‘Dalit women have been left behind by the Dalit movement and the women’s movement’
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