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Dalit icon Mayawati is focus of scholar's research
2011-02-14 17:20:00
Deoria (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 14 (IANS) Apart from being an icon for
millions of India's Dalits, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has
now also become a topic of research for doctorate in philosophy
(Ph.D.).
Nagendra Kumar, 31, a teacher at a college here, has completed his
Ph.D. that was centred on Mayawati.
'It took me over three years to complete my research work,' Nagendra
Kumar, who has been awarded the Ph.D. for his research on 'Role of
Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh politics', told reporters Monday in Deoria,
some 350 km from Lucknow.
The teacher, who prefers not to share information about his research
work, said: 'I can only tell you that my research work that runs into
881 pages covers most of the aspects of Mayawati's life...'
'A major part of my work concentrates on the meteoric rise of Mayawati
due to her much-talked about social engineering that helped her regain
power in 2007, and that too with an absolute majority,' he said.
'In the research I have tried to focus on Mayawati's strategy for not
limiting herself as a leader of the Dalits... By her social remix that
involved Brahmins and others from upper castes, she managed to project
herself as a leader of the masses,' said the teacher.
Nagendra Kumar, who teaches civics in Deoria's Krishi Inter College,
has completed his Ph.D. from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University
in Gorakhpur. He was awarded the Ph.D. in the first week of this
month.
For his research work, the teacher, who himself is a Dalit, tried his
best to meet Mayawati but could not.
'I came to Lucknow three times with the desire of meeting the chief
minister... I even had a questionnaire ready every time. But, citing
her (Mayawati's) hectic schedule, the officials did not allow me to
meet the chief minister.''
Several leaders and ministers of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
government led by Mayawati helped Nagendra Kumar by providing him
information that he required.
'I will not name the ministers, but it's true that they helped me a
lot in my research work... Through them I came to know many
interesting facts about Mayawati,' he said.
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