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... for OBCs in West Bengal decision: when even Congress (I) ruled states have provided for (a) Populist vote getting, as the OBCs (Other Backward such reservations? Since the acceptance of Mandal Castes, i.e. those not on the schedule published by the recommendation...

... percent of the population, Scheduled Castes seven tions and sentiments than the material interests of percent, and Other backward castes (OBC) around those who are at the bottom of the hierarchy. percent...

... founded the All-India Backward (SC, ST, whom many Untouchable Bhangis [sweepers] regard as OBC) and Minority Communities Employees Federa- their ancestor Since then, Kanshi Ram has devoted tion (BAMCEF) whose aim was to organize the elite of his time to raising the consciousness of his caste...

... of the called low castes - the OBCs, Other Backward Classes most significant. The new economic policy that has in administrative terminology - have fought for caste- opened India to global market forces, to a degree un- based reservations of college seats and government precedented since 1947...

... Nandini Chandra arly April 2007 witnessed an interim stay order by the Indian Supreme Court, bring- ing a halt to the government’s proposed quota of 27 percent for the “socially and edu- cationally backward classes,” also known as the other backward classes (OBCs...

... of the changing scenario, has a clear strategy- These castes, often formally referred to as OBCs establishment of the Hindu rushtra-though its (Other Backward Classes) have registered very im- tactics vary from situation to situation. Secure in pressive economic advances. At times, as in parts...

... ments or the “alternatives movement” on major is- and manipulate diverse cleavages at all levels, in- 10 cluding the newly emergent level of the Dalits and most of them, the crumbs of office and influence the OBCs (Other Backward Castes). And yet...

.... Third, the renewed assertion of lack of a progressive national project in the material Dalits and OBCs, is a form of a class struggle even domain. though the inability of the Left to provide progres- If communalism for the RSS is really only a cut- sive...

... of commodity detritus. Consisting entirely of Dalits, Muslims, and Other Backward Class (OBC) residents, Bholakpur is an industrial cluster of hundreds of units that handle plastic scrap, raw hides, bones and tallow, metal scrap, and, lately, e-­waste. These units collect waste from...

... eventually coopted by the major parties. 14 Wilson, himself of "Untouchable" Christian origin, explores The BSP itself has taken note of the continuing problem of the imperial and capitalist cultures of the European and developing cooperation with the Muslim and OBC commu• American missionary movements...

... biradarh remained yat-al-ulama-i-Hind and the Momins “the only active in the Other Backward Class (OBC) category. However, body” was the Momin Conferen~eUltimately the Harry Blair’s study of Bihar, while making this point Jamiyat contested nine, the Congress ten and the Mo- and noting...

... undertake a particular vocation in the forest. The rules of the jungle are followed by SC communities, such as Poundra Khoitros and Namasudras; by “traditional” fishers caste groups, such as Raj Bongshis and Jheley Kaibartas; by Scheduled Tribe households, such as Mundas, Bhumij, and Santhal; and by OBC...