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Critically examine and comment on the assertion in about 200 words: Indian politics has influenced caste and caste has influenced Indian politics.

  • UPSC 2011
  • Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics

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The assertion restates Rajni Kothari's thesis in Caste in Indian Politics (1970): "It is not politics that gets caste-ridden, it is caste that gets politicised." The relationship is one of mutual transformation, not capture — but the two directions are not equally strong.

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  • How caste has shaped politics
  • How politics has transformed caste
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