Posted on 10 January 2019 by churumuri

Even the RSS feels BJP is losing hold over Dalits and tribals. Is a 10% quota for the “poor” going to counter perception that it is against caste-based reservations?

Various analyses of the election results in the five States late last year—especially Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh—have all pointed in the same direction: BJP has a problem on its …

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Posted on 23 January 2008 by churumuri

Local trains for locals? Local calls for locals?

Liberalisation may have dismantled the socialist scaffolding of the licence-quota-permit raj somewhat. But the reservation juggernaut is rolling merrily across the badlands of Bharat. 27% reservation for OBCs. 10% reservation …

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Posted on 31 October 2007 by churumuri

CHURUMURI POLL: Private sector=Unequal India?

India’s private sector brooks no interference in its recruitment policies. It resists the idea of quotas being introduced. It says it is a fair and equal employer. It says it …

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