Category: Reservations, Affirmative Action

Dalit Muslims, Caste and Sociological Phenomenon

Dear All: I am reproducing below a brief but very interesting email exchange between Sh Yoginder Sikand and Sh Jay Vachani precipitated by a recent article in Tehelka by Sh Sikand, titled, Converted dalits...

Quote of the week

Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, Vice President, All-India Muslim Personal Law Board on reservations for Muslims: ‘‘Koi bhi qaum baisakhion ke sahare hamesha nahin chal sakti…usme jaan paida karni hogi*..” *Translation: No community can move forward...

Here’s how you empower the differently abled

Last week, I spent some time at a very unusual small company in Bengaluru. It was one of the most uplifting experiences I have had in a very long time. The company is called...

Dividing India: one bit at a time

Last week, while catching up on news-reports re. the Ranganath Misra Commission, I was struck by how slowly but steadily we keep chipping away at an already fragile sense of national identity…by pitting one...

Who are these “Christian Converts”?

Thanks to Sh KSV Subramanian for alerting me to this. In a comment yesterday, he asked: Kerala government has announced writing off loans upto Rs.25,000 to converted Christians. Is this not discrimination on the...