Politics of India

INTRODUCTION – The communal politics in India started from 1970s when emergency was declared in India. The Congress was unable to fulfill its promises, conditions of India deteriorated, GDP dumps. Other parties were also unable to deliver the expectation of people, and then BJP comes with communal politics by raising Babri Masjid case. Rathyatra led by Advani is an important event which created enthusiasm in a particular section of community. After Dandi March, this is the one yatra which has succeeded

Is India a ‘Caste Democracy’? Introduction: Caste based politics in India Though the idea that caste is a part of a natural and moral order of things, that it is a hereditary quality which once for all defines ones position and occupational affiliation and which is associated with a particular law of conduct is rejected both by intellectuals and political leaders, caste is in Indian post independence politics continually used and abused in different ways. State politics in India has been particularly

3. something that is being represented (opinions, perspectives, interests, discourses, etc.); and 4. A setting within which the activity of representation is taking place (the political context). The theories of political representation usually start by specifying and explaining the terms for each of these four components. For example, democratic theorists often limit the types of representatives being discussed to formal representatives only — that is, only to those representatives who hold

India won her independence in 1947 and for winning this independence Congress, as a political party, played the predominant role. The leaders of the Congress party, then, were great leaders — stalwarts — really dedicated to the cause and to the party which they served. Mahatma Gandhi was the undisputed leader and there were leaders of such caliber as Jawahar Lai Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, C. Rajagopalacharya, Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Sarojini Naidu, Subhash Chandra Bose

these caste lines even deeper into the society setting up the general castes against the lower castes. The reservation system was thought to promote the weaker and the backward classes but it ended up making them tools of vote bank politics. The reservation system of India has not been successful in eradicating as well as introducing all what it stood for at the time of its introduction. The Mandal Commission was introduced in 1979 to identify the socially backward classes and to set up reservation

Some disadvantaged groups in India which are identified on caste basis have been discriminated against for centuries, and are still not protected despite the numerous laws. These groups are to be provided with equality of opportunity and autonomy and more importantly a social safety net was needed – that is a boost or ladder is required so that the more advanced forms of equality can be introduced and society can be balanced. Constitution provided reservations for SC/ST‘s in this context and is called

thought was the prime instrument of enslaving the Tamilians. By 1939, Naicker was demanding a separate Dravidistan. But for the self-respect movement, the elite non-Brahmins of Madras would in course of time, have been as isolated from the lower caste groups, as the Lingayat and Vokkaliga leaders in Karnataka came to be at the end of the sixties. In 1944, the Justice Party was reconstituted as the Dravida Kazhagam, which was imbued with not only an anti-Brahmin, anti-North, anti-Hindi ideology

“The President may by order appoint a Commission consisting of such persons as he thinks fit to investigate the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes within the territory of India and the difficulties under which they labour and to make recommendations as to the steps that should be taken by the Union or any State to remove such difficulties and to improve their condition and as to the grants that should be made for the purpose

Compare and Contrast ancient India and Egypt combined politics and religion Through history, religion has shaped civilizations in several aspects. In ancient Indian and Egyptian civilizations it was very strong shaping force in political structures, but both the religious beliefs and the resulting political system were different, just like pharaohs were different from rajas. The way Egyptians and Indians blended religion with politics bears certain similarities. First of all, the central role of

to become a regional/global superpower: India has come a long way in the past few decades. Despite the evident threats of bankruptcy, caste politics and Hindu Nationalism, India is a great example of unity in diversity and ‘a beacon of high-tech modernity’. (Corbridge et al, 2013). However, it can be said that India is stuck between a prodigious need for cultural renaissance and the banes of class politics. (Pradhan et al, 2105: 12). The caste system in India is intricately correlated to class stratification