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Which alliance/party in the fray for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar is likely to get the backing of the Muslims? Most probably that which prioritizes preserving and protecting the Constitution of India and giving the community a fair share in employment opportunities and in the political leadership, finds Hussain Tabish

The calls for proportional representation of Pasmanda Muslims in politics and public institutions are getting louder. But the upper-caste Muslims, the Ashrafs, play them down saying Muslims need to unitedly demand their rightful share, writes Shamsher Alam

Since we Bahujans continue to swell the ranks of Hindu religion, no, we have not annihilated caste. Rather, we seem to have strengthened it. Certainly, many have left Hinduism to embrace other religions but even there they have taken shelter under the very blind devotion and irrational ritualism that Babasaheb and Buddha thundered against. Read Nijam Gara’s analysis of the sorry state of affairs

Ironically, Indian Independence saw the Pasmandas sink deeper into the mire of casteism. The heart of the problem was Article 341 and the presidential order that followed

Nehru had prophetically said that majority communalism is much more dangerous than minority communalism because the former often wears the garb of patriotism and simple-minded commoners fall into its trap