College Education: What Reservation Has Done to It

College education in India is plagued by myriad problems, of which, I believe, the biggest is reservation. Considering the absence of a discourse on eliminating the so-called ‘positive discrimination’ in mainstream More...

Why is the world so obsessed with India’s caste system?

India’s caste system and ‘untouchability’ have been a matter of profound interest to a large number of social science researchers, historians, and even the general public in modern times. Perceptions of Indian More...

Maha Charade in the name of Social Welfare

On 25 June, 2014 the state government of Maharashtra announced its intention to give 16 per cent reservations to Marathas and five per cent to Muslims in employment sectors of the state government as well as educational More...