Mandal commission
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Interview: Rank, social status and how BJP balances upper-caste appeasement with its welfare push
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Explainer: How Supreme Court put in place a 50% quota cap (and why it’s frequently breached)
Vineet Bhalla
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Is India's 50% cap on reservations reaching the end of its existence?
Shoaib Daniyal
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Reading list: Why quotas exist, how it began and everything else you need to know
Scroll Staff
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Not compliant with Mandal judgment, new National Commission for Backward Classes can be manipulated
Ajaz Ashraf
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What justifies an arbitrary 50% cap on reservations – when upper caste numbers are much smaller?
Shoaib Daniyal
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Why the Brahmins of Uttar Pradesh are back in the reckoning – not as king but king-makers
Ajaz Ashraf
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Could the Dalit students’ agitation be Modi's Mandal moment?
Ashok Swain