Politics becomes a medium to change social norms.
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Political issues however are different, and social issues are different.
Time creates circumstances that bring out work from you.
sub-altern = alternative readings (of history)
Our society is gradually becoming an aspirational society.
post truth societies: societies for whom truth doesn't matter at all, where perceptions establish the truth.
We are not able to filter from the overwhelm of the information in this age. Information has its own problems. That doesn't mean we shouldn't even try.
'Welfare State' concept has been demolished to bring in neo-liberal concept.
One no longer knows what is the base and what is the super structure. Are Modi's decisions political or economic? What is the base - economic or political?
Reservation is kept to resolve the already existing inequalities in the society. It's not meant to bring in new equalities. So many people are born into economic backgrounds, through which they have access to facilities. Reservation is meant to revise this.
The bad people are shouting only because the good people are silent.
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