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Explain the phenomenon of ethnic politics in India in recent times.

  • UPSC 2013
  • 20 marks
  • Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics

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Ethnic politics is the conversion of a believed common descent, language, tribe or faith into a basis for political claims: votes, quotas, territory or recognition. It is a modern phenomenon, produced by electoral competition and the state's categories rather than handed down unchanged from antiquity. Since the 1990s its focus has moved from language and…

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  • How ethnic politics is explained
  • Why it has intensified recently
  • How the state manages it
  • Significance and limits
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