Achieving Bahujan Democracy: Promises and Pitfalls

Achieving Bahujan Democracy: Promises and Pitfalls

Lunch and Learn with Dr Ayaz Ahmad

Dr Ayaz Ahmad is a Professor of Law at Karnavati University and a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University. In this discussion, he will examine how dominant religious and caste elites in India have used populist politics to contain the democratic aspirations of the Bahujan majority. The conversation will center on a vital question: How can a truly democratic politics emerge from a fragmented and historically subjugated majority?

Lunch will be provided.