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The Case for Bahujan Literature
Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History
If Kabir wasn’t a Dalit or a Brahmin, was he an OBC?
In his book ‘Jati ke Prashn par Kabir’, Kamlesh Verma has looked at Kabir’s personality and literature from an OBC perspective. He says Kabir was neither a Brahmin nor an Untouchable. What was Kabir’s caste then? Harnam Singh Verma reviews the book here
About The Author
Harnam Singh Verma हरनाम सिंह वर्मा
Harnam Singh Verma is a sociologist-planner. He assisted the Government of Uttar Pradesh in the Indra Sawhney case. He was the member of: Uttar Pradesh Creamy Layer Committee, Uttar Pradesh Percentage Fixation Committee, Uttar Pradesh State Commission for Backward Classes; working group of the erstwhile Planning Commission on ‘Empowerment of the OBCs for the Xth FYP’; and the Assessment and Monitoring Authority of the Planning Commission. He has also been an organization design/redesign consultant to a number of World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO projects. He has authored/edited three books on the OBCs.
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