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Articles with tag: system

Momin Khwaja Case: Canada's Anti-Terrorism Law Tested

Dost Mittar   Nov 1, 2008   interacts: 6

Khwaja could not have been proven guilty of criminal charge and would have gone scot-free without the anti-terror legislation; By Oct 29 ruling, he is likely to get life imprisonment.

Sanskritization, de-Sanskritization and Colonial Rule

Aparna Pande   Apr 19, 2007   interacts: 103

The British did not ‘invent’ the caste system but what they did do was to make it the primary basis of social classification.

An Untouchable Apology

Bhaskar Dasgupta   Dec 20, 2006   interacts: 260

The untouchables of Hinduism are a wretched lot. While it is not at the level of genocide, it is an institutionalised social discrimination over a very long period of time.

Bihar : Where Kangaroo Courts Rule

Shantanu Dutta   Aug 27, 2006   interacts: 12

Caste panchayats in the heartland of our country often display a lack of consciousness and humaneness which belies the 21st century we live in.

Do we want our students to remain backward?

Shaiq Bashir   Jan 24, 2006

john over george: george over john

Temporal    Nov 2, 2004   interacts: 8

ram das and allah ditta go about their chores
as if there was no tuesday in their lives
sweating, scheming, squandering through their day
dreaming of daal-roti sustenance


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