Published in Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 32, Issue No. 39, 27 Sept, 1997
The recent events in Chitamani taluk is evidence of the confusion in people's minds about where the sympathies of the state lie. The police force was attacked by both the dalits who needed police protection for going ahead with Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations, and the vokkaligas who in fact had called for police intervention to prevent the celebrations from taking place.
For more: http://www.epw.in/journal/1997/39/commentary/karnataka-state-protection-dalits.html
The recent events in Chitamani taluk is evidence of the confusion in people's minds about where the sympathies of the state lie. The police force was attacked by both the dalits who needed police protection for going ahead with Ambedkar Jayanti celebrations, and the vokkaligas who in fact had called for police intervention to prevent the celebrations from taking place.
For more: http://www.epw.in/journal/1997/39/commentary/karnataka-state-protection-dalits.html
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