Sanskritization, de-Sanskritization and Colonial Rule

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

Untouchability and Sex

No one practices untouchability when it comes to sex.

Is it time to recognize Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians?

It is interesting to note that of the 30 million Catholic Christians in India, more than 20 million are said to be Dalit Christians who are also descendants of the converts and have lowly professions.

Bihar : Where Kangaroo Courts Rule

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

Caste, Reservations and Indian Muslims

The despicable custom of discrimination on the basis of a person’s birth is prevalent among the Muslims of India. But demanding a separate identity as a ‘dalit Muslim’, and other benefits based on caste is no panacea for such iniquity

• British Rule
• Independence
• Democracy
• NRIs
• Economic Boom
• Bollywood
• Globalization
• Caste System
• Communal Divides
• Kashmir
• Indian Muslims
• Secularism

• Pakistan's Struggle for Democracy
• The Indian Story
• Indo-Pak Relations
• Personal Narratives
• Religion Today
• War on Terror
• Role of Media
• Call for Social Change
• Hold Them Accountable
• Environment and Us
• Way of Life

• Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act
• In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat
• In memory of the Swat valley
• The Nightmare Must End
• In Honor of the Heroes of Swat