Patna,(BiharTimes): Till the last two decades of his life Gandhi was extremely close to Muslims, was greatly impressed by the message of Islam as enunciated in Quran and would try to emulate Prophet… Continue reading
That poverty is gendered is a given, whether in terms of causes, results, or impacts. Consequently, it becomes essential to incorporate gender into development paradigms and specifically into poverty reduction strategies as well… Continue reading
By Khalid Anis Ansari 18 February, 2009 Countercurrents.org Pasmanda Movement refers to the contemporary caste/class movement among Indian Muslims. Though the history of caste movements among Muslims can be traced back to the… Continue reading
By Khalid Anis Ansari Recent anniversaries have marked the demolition of two mosques, one very well known and the other much less so. The latter opens our minds to caste stratifications among India’s Muslims.… Continue reading
Awwal Kalima May 6th, 2010 by naren bedide You won’t believe us but no one’s talking about our problems now, again, it’s the tenth or eleventh generation scions of those who lost glories… Continue reading
Communalism appears increasingly as a weapon of the advantaged classes and castes in India to subvert democratic and subaltern assertion BY KHALID ANIS ANSARI The demolition of the Babri mosque on December 6,… Continue reading
By Dileep Karanth Introduction “Who says India says caste, or so it seems.” So wrote J. C. Heesterman in his essay “Caste, Village and Indian Society”2, underlining the centrality of the problem of… Continue reading
By Gail Omvedt THE WAVE of rioting at the time of the Mandal Commission showed that the goal of reservation had not simply been unfulfilled, but totally distorted. It revealed, among other things,… Continue reading