Is Mayawati bringing the change India’s Dalits need?

I have frequently alluded to and reviewed papers about a Dalit Revolution in North India. The paper I will talk about contests this notion, and does it quite convincingly. The other reason is to contrast the legitimate criticism that the paper makes by unearthing ground realities, with the half-baked and prejudiced criticism of Mayawati one finds in India’s ‘mainstream media’.

Vikram examines the caste politics in India from an academic perspective based on conflicting findings from research carried out by University of Washington and Edinburgh in village of Nangal in state of Uttar Pradesh with 48% Dalit population [via].