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Counting Caste, Claiming Justice in Telangana: Between Identity Politics and Welfare Governance

Counting Caste, Claiming Justice in Telangana: Between Identity Politics and Welfare Governance

Telangana renewed the jin (or djinn) of an old bottle by implementing caste enumeration, which revived a long-standing yet pragmatic democratic question: is counting caste a move towards justice or a strategy of identity consolidation?

Dr. K. M. Ziyauddin

May 13, 26•6 min read