Rajasthan-based journalists Deep Mukherjee and Tabeenah Anjum discuss in the latest episode of Book Shook their new book, 'From Dynasties to Democracy: Politics, Caste and Power Struggles in Rajasthan' (Macmillan, 2026). Caste dynamics and mobilisations form the spine of a large section of the book, which details the political history of the state since independence. The authors say caste shapes Rajasthan's political identity. But what matters even more is the details of who asserts, why, and the responses to it.