Jogendra Nath Mondal

From Jogendra Nath Mandal to the Present: Why Ambedkarite Identity Politics in West Bengal Could Become a National Security Liability

Most Indian states debate the merits of identity politics in theory. Bengal has already tested it in practice. The result was one of the greatest civilizational ruptures in modern Indian history. West Bengal is perhaps the only state in India whose modern history contains a complete political laboratory for examining both the promises and the …