Web Directory

» Broken People
   A detailed account by Human Rights Watch of the extent and means of discrimination against lower castes.
   http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/india/

» Caste Problem in India
   Swami Vivekananda, with a partial justification of the caste system. Denies that the system is a product of religion, and ascribes it to other social factors.
   http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/messages/caste.htm

» Caste System in Bengal
   A brief account of how the system developed in Bengal, with some notes on the differences from the rest of India.
   http://tanmoy.tripod.com/bengal/caste.html

» Caste System in Modern India
   Read about the caste system prevailing in modern India.
   http://adaniel.tripod.com/modernindia.htm

» Caste in India
   An explanation of the caste system in history, and modern practice.
   http://adaniel.tripod.com/confusion.htm

» Castes of India
   An overview of the caste system, and additional notes on history, its place in modern India, and its relevance to untouchables and non-Hindus.
   http://adaniel.tripod.com/castes.htm

» CounterCurrents.org Communalism
   Collection of articles, comments and analyses on the issues.
   http://www.countercurrents.org/communalism.htm

» Dalit Rights and Issues Home Page
   India Together website - news and articles regarding Dalits.
   http://www.indiatogether.org/dalit/dalit.htm

» Dalits & Human Rights : The Battles Ahead
   First of a set of articles by P. Sainath on the position of Dalits in the country in the 1990's.
   http://www.pucl.org/from-archives/Dalit-tribal/battles1.htm

» Hindu History - The Emergence of the Caste System (The Jati-Varna Matrix)
   Account of the emergence of the hierarchical caste system by Sudheer Birodkar, with parallels drawn with class systems in other regions.
   http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/castejati-varna.html

» Indian Parliament Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
   Reports on the activities, constitution and membership of this group, and reports produced by it recently.
   http://164.100.24.208/ls/committee/p23.htm

» Restorative Justice and India's Caste System: New World Outlook, July - August 1999
   Account of the place of caste in Indian society today, from a site promoting Christian Methodism.
   http://gbgm-umc.org/nwo/99ja/india.html

» Sub-Castes Among Dalits
   On the political issues around the existence of subcastes among Dalits and scheduled castes.
   http://www.ambedkar.org/culture/SubCastes_Among_Dalits.htm

» The Caste System in Hinduism
   A basic introduction to the caste system, including an account of its religious justification.
   http://www.friesian.com/caste.htm

» The Hindu : Politics of 'hereditary' crime
   Article on the 'Criminal Tribes Act' and its legacy in the form of communities that continue to be considered inherently criminal by the authorities.
   http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/09/09/stories/13090291.htm

» The Indian Caste System and the British
   Kevin Hobson on the British role in building the modern caste system. Also discusses how the parallels between the caste system and the British class system led to mutual support and reinforcement of each during the 19th century.
   http://www.infinityfoundation.com/ECITcastebritishframeset.htm

» War between the Castes
   Reports of recent communal clashes are put into a historical and social perspective by Time Magazine.
   http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1997/int/971215/asia.war_between_t.html