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Book Review: These Seats are Reserved: Caste, Quotas and the Constitution of India | Rudra Chandran
- Jun 25, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 27, 2023
Rudra Chandran reviews Abhinav Chandrachud’s These Seats are Reserved: Caste, Quotas and the Constitution of India, recommending it to understand reservations and caste dynamics. However, the author delves into shortcomings of the book – Chandrachud’s failure to adequately engage with the primary aim of reservations – enforcing distributive justice – with no suggestions as to how inequalities may be addressed beyond the provision of quotas. Further, the book also does not address issues relating to economically weaker sections. The author concludes that while the book may be referred to as a neutral, beginner’s guide, neutrality is a position that one may no longer take in the present climate.
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Really appreciate this review — especially the critique that Chandrachud doesn’t engage enough with what reservations are actually *for* beyond the legal mechanics. That bit about neutrality being a luxury we can’t afford anymore hit home; in a climate where affirmative action itself is being reframed as discrimination, a "neutral" guide just ends up reinforcing the status quo. Speaking of making choices about what you engage with, this reminds me of the choicer voicer game where you literally pick your own audio to practice voicing — it’s a fun way to think about how we all curate the perspectives we engage with. Anyway, solid review, I’ll be picking up the book with your caveats in mind.