One is a Black Presidential candidate, the other a putative Dalit Prime Minister-in-waiting. What else in common do Barack Obama and Mayawati share, asks G Sampath in DNA
Barack Obama and Kumari Mayawati have a lot in common. One is a Black politician who represents the great liberal hope in the US. The other is poised to usher in a new political order where the oppressed castes will finally get their due in a polity traditionally dominated by upper castes.
Or so we are told. If one day either of them assumes the mantle of the highest executive post in their country, it will mark a victory for democracy, with historically marginalised minorities finally getting their turn at the helm of power. Really?
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