Invisible people

Tue, 21 April 2026

11:22

Before understanding how Dalits vote, one must first dismantle the myth of 'Bengali exceptionalism', which claims that caste lost relevance in West Bengal under 34 years of Left Front rule, writes Anand Teltumbde.

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