Maya, Modi, Azad Paperback by Sudha Pai

Publisher : HarperCollins India (13 May 2023); HarperCollins Publishers; Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ie
Language : English
Paperback : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 9356296898
Item Weight : 294 g
Dimensions : 14 x 0.4 x 21.5 cm

of Awakening Bharat Mata ‘A richly researched and insightful work. This investigates the place of Dalits in Indian politics at a time when it is dominated by Hindutva nationalism’ – Shashi Tharoor, Lok Sabha MP representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency ‘This will benefit all those interested in knowing the inherent contradictions, compromises and complexities in Dalit sociology-political movements in contemporary India’ – Sudheendra Kulkarni, Indian Politician and Columnist The Dalit political landscape in India offers a difficult analytical puzzle. The last decade has witnessed the decline of the Bahujan Samaj Party and identity politics, along with the shift of a section of Dalits towards the Bharatiya Janata Party and its redefined disadvantaged Hindutva, as well as protests by new Dalit organizations against atrocities and right-wing hegemony. Dalit politics today is thus marked by two contrasting trends: of political protest against but also electoral preference for the right wing. The story of how the Dalit discourse has responded to the changing socio-political context unfolds against this backdrop. Maya, Modi, Azad maps these shifts with a particular focus on Uttar Pradesh. It is the state where Mayawati, who sought to create a new ‘umbrella party’ with a Dalit core, and later, Narendra Modi, who attracted a section of Dalits into the saffron fold, have shaped Dalit politics over the last two decades. It is also where a new Dalit leader, Chandrashekhar Azad, is