PMK’s present politics exposes the limitations of identity politics which fails to move beyond its exclusivism and is today a visible by-product of Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu. The limiting of social justice to identity assertion has seen the continuation of age-old caste antagonisms, rather than their gradual erosion. It is tragic and ironic to witness the revival of such fatal casteism in a state which pioneered powerful anti-caste movements in south Asia...
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:30:29 +0000