Enduring religion in the Kashmir conflict
That the conflict over Kashmir is religious seems self-evident to most people who care to talk about it. Opposing sides fundamentally agree the conflict has a religious character. US President Trump may have summed More...
The Ineptitude of the Post-Colonials: A response to Dr. Shalini Sharma
Dear Dr. Shalini Sharma, Your article ‘Hindutva and historical revisionism’ has been described as an “excellent piece” by Dr. Priyamvada Gopal, Reader in Anglophone and Related Literature at Cambridge University. More...
The British Caste Law: Reflections on the Role of Hindus
The UK government announced its long-awaited consultation on the caste law in March 2017. It may be time therefore to reflect upon three and more years of concerted campaign against the law. This article especially More...
Lakshmi on the BBC
This is a comment on the BBC In Our Time programme, on Lakshmi, hosted by Lord Melvin Bragg broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 6 October 2016. Without making any statement about the sincerity of the presenter or those More...
UK’s Labour Party Stands against Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to make a much-anticipated visit to the UK on 12-14 November 2015. Of benefit to both countries, the visit is cause for great celebration to UK Indians. The 13 November event More...
Caste, critique and colonial consciousness: A response to Meena Dhanda
Foreword The article below is a response to Meena Dhanda’s article “Anti-castism and misplaced nativism: Mapping caste as an aspect of race in the July/August 2015 issue of the British based journal Radical More...
A House of Lords Debate on Poverty and Caste Discrimination in India: Continuing Foreign Interference in India’s Internal Affairs
This was contributed by IndiaFacts supporter Prakash Shah from the UK. A debate on poverty and caste discrimination in India took place in the British House of Lords onWednesday 26 November 2014. While the debate More...