Book review: Ayan Guha,The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change

Abstract

Ayan Guha, The Curious Trajectory of Caste in West Bengal Politics: Chronicling Continuity and Change (Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022), x + 309 pp.

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