By O.P. Sudrania Caste or Class Systems versus India in Global Perspective – CHAPTER EIGHT The Western invaders arrived with an express desire to colonise and exploit the indigenous people wherever they went, materially as well as spiritually. India was no exception. They had to find a way out to create further chasm in the local people […]

Every June 16th (according to the Nanakshahi calendar) since 1606 has been very auspicious for followers of Sikhism worldwide since they have commemorated the martyrdom of Guru Arjan Devji, the 5th Guru and the 1st Sikh Martyr. Before the arrest, torture and Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Devji, the Sikhs had nothing to do with weapons […]

By OP Sudrania Caste or Class Systems versus India in Global Perspective – CHAPTER SEVEN Chapter Seven – Section A (CHAKRA) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan who does not need any introduction; late President of India and an unparalleled daunting philosopher, teacher and academician has suggested the value of religion in the society in his lectures compiled in the […]

By OP Sudrania Caste or Class Systems versus India in Global Perspective – CHAPTER SIX  (CHAKRA) All the Vedic literature is studded with references on the divisions of various classes according to the merit and aptitude of the individual concerned.  From time to time, various scholars and elites in Hindu society has attempted to enlighten on this point. […]

By OP Sudrania Caste or Class Systems versus India in Global Perspective – CHAPTER FOUR & FIVE Chapter 4 – Demographics: First Backward Classes commission: (CHAKRA) Main article: Kalelkar Commission - The First Backward Classes Commission was set up by a presidential order on 29 January 1953 under the chairmanship of Kaka Kalelkar. The commission submitted its report […]

By OP Sudrania Caste or Class Systems versus India in Global Perspective – CHAPTER THREE Backward Classes The Central Government of India classifies some of its citizens based on their social and economic condition as Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Class (OBC). The OBC list presented by the commission is dynamic […]

By OP Sudrania Caste or Class Systems versus India in Global Perspective – CHAPTER TWO In a blazing and scathing opinion article, Soroor Ahmed chronicles his hate filled appetite in a highly casteist article – Fast and Furious; wherein he has grotesquely exercised his wit in selective sectarian bash following recent results of some Indian […]

By Dr. O.P Sudrania Caste or Class Systems versus India in Global Perspective - CHAPTER ONE The menace of caste in India is more of a political feast than a socio-economical or educational issue. In fact, paradoxically any attempt to improve it has resulted only in worsening of the chasm by alienating the various castes within […]

(CHAKRA) A Hindu women’s group in Augusta, Georgia, who knit and crochet together fortnightly in one of their homes, have reportedly delivered handmade blankets to wheel-chair bound US army veterans. Same group, which has been reportedly meeting over a year for serving the community, knitted scarves and hats for donating to local elementary schoolchildren. They […]

Murugan (aka Kartikeyan, Skanda & Subrahmanyan) worshipped primarily in areas with Tamil populations. Lord Murugan is also the son of Lord Shiva and known as the god of war.