Tamil Nadu - New caste equations

Authors
Jeyaranjan, J Anandhi, S
Citation
J. Jeyaranjan et S. Anandhi, Tamil Nadu - New caste equations, ECON POLIT, 34(1-2), 1999, pp. 15-16
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY
ISSN journal
00129976 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
15 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9976(19990115)34:1-2<15:TN-NCE>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The new political equation emerging in Tamil Nadu is, thus, informed by two contradictory tendencies. While the dalits' alignment with the Muslims is problematising the Hindutva's agenda of co-opting the dalits as Hindus, the anti-Muslim politics of the backward caste thevars is making available a n ew territory for Hindu communal mobilisation. The future course of politics in Tamil Nadu may depend critically on which of these trends will assert.