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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/discussion-interview/the-unfinished-architecture-of-reservation-demographics-judicial-limits-and-the-political-imperative</loc>
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<image:caption>While SC and ST provisions were embedded from the outset, the implementation of recommendations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) faced decades of institutional procrastination.</image:caption>
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<news:title>The Unfinished Architecture of Reservation: Demographics, Judicial Limits, and the Political Imperative</news:title>
<news:keywords>Reservation System, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar , SC/ST/OBC representation</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/discussion-interview/the-affective-schemas-at-the-cjp-protest</loc>
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<image:caption>Abhijeet Dipke is not a figure from that ‘traditional’ leadership of an elite caste position. Interestingly, when he disclosed his caste-location on the internet, it became a point of considerable public conversation following the casteist remarks that were flung at him.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Abhijit Dipke addressing the protest participants.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Youths gathered at Jantar Mantar.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-31T09:24:13.661+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The Affective Schemas at the CJP Protest</news:title>
<news:keywords>CJP Protest, NEET paper leak 2026, Merit Myth India, anti-reservation movement</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/discussion-interview/chandrashekhar-azads-kingmaker-test-in-uttar-pradesh</loc>
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<image:caption>Chandrashekhar Azad</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-30T08:12:28.796+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Chandrashekhar Azad’s Kingmaker Test in Uttar Pradesh</news:title>
<news:keywords>Chandrashekhar Azad, Kingmaker Test , UP elections</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://en.themooknayak.com/india/sewer-deaths-continue-unabated-66-sanitation-workers-killed-in-5-months-despite-mechanisation-claims-and-supreme-court-orders</loc>
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<image:caption>From February to July 2026, DASAM has documented 66 sanitation worker deaths across the country during dangerous sewer and septic tank cleaning operations.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-29T18:55:00.000+05:30</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Sewer Deaths Continue Unabated: 66 Sanitation Workers Killed in 5 Months Despite Mechanisation Claims and Supreme Court Orders</news:title>
<news:keywords>Sewer Deaths, Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch (DASAM), sanitation workers, Manual Scavengers</news:keywords>
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