Politics | Updated Mar 18, 2010 at 11:57am IST

Kings and Queens: Mayawati, the Dalit heroine

India's 160 million Dalits have been discriminated against for centuries. Now a new force promises them to take the very citadel of political power. Today Bhaujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, herself a Dalit and raised in a slum, is a contender for the prime minister's post.

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