Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 7: The Role of the Medieval Ulema Continued from here. Masood Alam Falahi (Translated by Yoginder Sikand for NewAgeIslam.com) [Part 7 of Masood Alam Falahi‘s Urdu book Hindustan Mai Zat-Pat Aur Musalman (‘Casteism Among Muslims in India’)] ~ Following the end of the short-lived Arab …
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 6
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 6: In the Period of ‘Muslim Rule’ Continued from here. Caste Struggle Masood Alam Falahi (Translated by Yoginder Sikand for NewAgeIslam.com) [Part 6 of Masood Alam Falahi‘s Urdu book Hindustan Mai Zat-Pat Aur Musalman (‘Casteism Among Muslims in India‘)] ~ With its philosophy of human …
Biological and Symbolical Killing of Dalits with Reference to Paramakudi Firing
V. Ratnamala Abstract: The present paper aims to study the representation of biological and symbolical killing of Dalits with reference to Paramakudi Firing in the Print media. Space allotted for Dalits in print media will be analyzed. Six Dalits were shot dead at the Police firing on Sep 11, 2011 in Paramakudi. The Dalits …
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 5
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 5: The Origin and Spread of Islam in India Continued from here. Masood Alam Falahi (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand for NewAgeIslam.com) [Part 5 of Masood Alam Falahi‘s Urdu book Hindustan Mai Zat-Pat Aur Musalman (‘Casteism Among Muslims in India‘)] ~ At a time …
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 4
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 4: Early Anti-Aryan Movements in India Continued from here. Masood Alam Falahi (Translated From Urdu by Yoginder Sikand, for NewAgeIslam.com) [Part 4 of Masood Alam Falahi‘s Urdu book Hindustan Mai Zat-Pat Aur Musalman (‘Casteism Among Muslims in India‘)] ~ It is a law of nature …
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 3
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 3: The Impact of the Aryan Invasion of India Continued from here. Masood Alam Falahi (Translated From Urdu by Yoginder Sikand for NewAgeIslam.com) (Part 3 of Masood Alam Falahi’s Urdu book Hindustan Mai Zat-Pat Aur Musalman (‘Casteism Among Muslims in India’)) ~ [Translator’s Note: This …
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 2
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 2: Indian Muslim Society in the Shadow of Casteism Continued from here. (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand, for NewAgeIslam.com) (Part 2 of Masood Alam Falahi‘s Urdu book Hindustan Mai Zat-Pat Aur Musalman (‘Casteism Among Muslims in India’)) [Translator’s Note: This is a translation of …
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 1
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 1: The domination of ‘high’ caste Muslims that parallels the Hindu case Masood Alam Falahi [Translator’s Note: Very little has been written on the existence of caste and caste-based discrimination among the Indian Muslims. ‘Upper’ caste Muslims, who, although a very small minority among the …
Alienation, consciousness and assertion: an interpretation of Oriya Dalit narrative
by Raj Kumar Abstract The objective of this paper is to discuss the historical context of the emergence of a new literary genre called “Oriya Dalit literature” which reflected the growing identity, awareness and consciousness of the Oriya Dalits during the colonial period and post-independence days. Although there was no literary genre distinctively known as …