Political Rivalry among Religious-A Case-Study of Communal Reservations in India

Communities A Case-Study of Communal Reservations in India CASTE and religion arc back on the political agenda of India. lt may be even more correct to say that they have never been away. After independence, caste distinctions were abolished and their practice in any form forbidden. But a simple stroke of the pen could not change an age- old institution, so deeply entrenched in social tradition and administrative procedure. In the same way, the Constitution proclaimed India to be a secular state. Yet, violent clashes between Hindu castes, Muslims and Sikhs have become a recurrent feature of daily life.