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    Decoding Economics: The economic basis of identity politics

    Development is not a smooth process; it disrupts the old social milieu and creates new winners and losers. The losers and winners both then mobilise along lines of identity, one to try for a bigger share of the pie, the other to preserve their share of the newly baked pie

    Manas Chakravarty
    May 22, 2024 / 09:30 IST
    The identity-based appeal referred to by the paper was also seen in operation in the current election campaign, with the opposition parties demanding for a caste census
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