Category: Reservations, Affirmative Action

Want a job in Railways? Apply as a Muslim…

Our honourable Railways Minister Shri Yadav made the headlines again last week with his promise that “priority would be given to Muslims in appointments in all sectors of the Railways.” Now thats a great...

Time to nail the Muslim backwardness myth?

From a front page story in “The Economic Times” today (Apr 5, ’07) titled, “Hindu, Muslim equal in income”*: “Forget all half-baked opinions you may have heard on the economic state of religious communities...

This, not reservations, is the answer…

…to upliftment and betterment of Dalits, backwards and Muslims… From the Time of India, 7th Dec ’06 (article by Subodh Ghildiyal): “Tectonic shift: Dalits find new vistas in private sector” Excerpts: “NEW DELHI: Jhumur Das...

Weekend catch-up on Blogosphere

One of the things I am hoping to get better at (and do more of) is a quick (but broad) sweep of the blogosphere to pick up posts from fellow bloggers that I find interesting...