Louise Tillin is a Lecturer in Politics at the India Institute, King's College London. She has previously been a research fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge and taught at SOAS, LSE, Sussex and the Open University. Before this she worked as a South Asia analyst in BBC News.

'Tillin's book is a reminder of how the lower and middle castes have increasingly shaped Indian politics, and of how important the states and state elections have become within the union.'

Louise Tillin is a Lecturer in Politics at the India Institute, King's College London. She has previously been a research fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge and taught at SOAS, LSE, Sussex and the Open University. Before this she worked as a South Asia analyst in BBC News.

'Tillin's book is a reminder of how the lower and middle castes have increasingly shaped Indian politics, and of how important the states and state elections have become within the union.'

Louise Tillin is a Lecturer in Politics at the India Institute, King's College London. She has previously been a research fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge and taught at SOAS, LSE, Sussex and the Open University. Before this she worked as a South Asia analyst in BBC News.

'Tillin's book is a reminder of how the lower and middle castes have increasingly shaped Indian politics, and of how important the states and state elections have become within the union.'