Bihar has set a national agenda by releasing caste census and it is being debated all over the country. Though this has been talked about over the years,
The father of the Constitution of India, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, emphasised the centrality of equality as a measure of societal progress when he stated, I measure the progress of a community by the degree.
Puducherry's lone woman legislator, S Chandira Priyanga, resigned as a minister from the AINRC-BJP government alleging gender and caste-based discrimination.
A country that gave equal rights and opportunities for representation to all its citizens when the Constitution came into effect, unlike the women of the West who had to fight for their voting rights, is now having to constantly push the idea of women’s representation to a later date
There is a need to draw upon lessons learnt from other areas of social justice to ensure that the idea of representation and empowerment leads to a shared consensus, and does not become a tug of war that pulls women down rather than setting them free