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Caste Vs. Hindutva – Again

Since the 1980s – even before Mandal – two political repertoires are in competition in the Indian public sphere: caste politics and Hindutva. This dialectic started in Gujarat when the BJP reacted to the reservation policies of Madhavsinh Solanki by

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Why Muslim leaders are objecting to new Waqf bill

On Thursday, the National Democratic Alliance government tabled a bill in Parliament that proposes big-ticket changes in the law governing Islamic charitable endowments, or “waqf”. The bill was fiercely opposed by leaders of the INDIA alliance, who said it violated the right

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