http://election.rediff.com/interview/2009/may/05/loksabhapoll-elections-cannot-be-won-on-caste-says-professor-dipankar-gupta.htm
'No constituency in India can be won on caste grounds' Do you believe Mayawati [Images] is not winning because she is getting votes of her caste? Are Dalits not voting en masse for the Bahujan Samaj Party? Are Indian elections not won essentially with help of caste-based voting? Not at all, says Professor Dipankar Gupta, who has devoted substantive energy and time in understanding class and caste in India. He is a scholar of political sociology at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi [Images]. His book Interrogating Caste; Understanding Hierarchy and Difference in Indian Society is a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand India. http://tinyurl.com/dzhcul Shrikant Vinayak Barve Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/
