In 1990, scores of students set themselves on fire to protest against the implementation of the Mandal Commission by the VP Singh government. Why did they do that and what was at stake? And why is caste often restricted to discussions on reservations? This episode of The Longest Constitution doesn't just talk about reservations but looks at how it is a part of everyday life in India.

Anand Teltumbde, 2010, The Persistence of Caste: The Khairlanji Murders & India’s Hidden Apartheid: The Khairlanji Murders and India’s Hidden Apartheid, Zed Books.
Christophe Jaffrelot, 2003, India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India, Columbia University Press.
Legal Material: The Scheduled Castes and the scheduled tribed (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, Available at: https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A1989-33_2.pdf
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