Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Conversions, Caste and Communalism: Globalisation, State and Challenges of Secular Politics in India

Conversions, Caste and Communalism: Globalisation, State and Challenges of Secular Politics in India

By Yogesh Snehi

In the past two years the debates on religious conversions, caste and communalism have gripped India in a serious imbroglio which is fallout of the present nature of state politics in the country. The years 2007-08 have been the most volatile ever since the anti-Godhra riots in the state of Gujarat in 2002, which exposed the role that the governments in India have played in arousing communal passions through state machinery. These are difficult times, and the time that would follow poses more complex challenges for state-politics in India.......

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