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	Broken People - http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/india/ A detailed account by Human Rights Watch of the extent and means of discrimination against lower castes.
	CounterCurrents.org Communalism - http://www.countercurrents.org/communalism.htm Collection of articles, comments and analyses on the issues.
	The Caste System in Hinduism - http://www.friesian.com/caste.htm A basic introduction to the caste system, including an account of its religious justification.
	Dalit Rights and Issues Home Page - http://www.indiatogether.org/dalit/dalit.htm India Together website - news and articles regarding Dalits.
	Castes of India - http://adaniel.tripod.com/castes.htm An overview of the caste system, and additional notes on history, its place in modern India, and its relevance to untouchables and non-Hindus.

	Hindu Caste System - http://www.geocities.com/lamberdar/_caste.html Dr. Subhash C. Sharma on the natural evolution of various professions in ancient India, explaining that the original Hindu vocations were not based on heredity or birth.
	Hindu History - The Emergence of the Caste System (The Jati-Varna Matrix) - http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/castejati-varna.html Account of the emergence of the hierarchical caste system by Sudheer Birodkar, with parallels drawn with class systems in other regions.
	The Indian Caste System and the British - http://www.infinityfoundation.com/ECITcastebritishframeset.htm 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.
	Caste System in Modern India - http://adaniel.tripod.com/modernindia.htm Read about the caste system prevailing in modern India.
	Caste in India - http://adaniel.tripod.com/confusion.htm An explanation of the caste system in history, and modern practice.

	Caste Problem in India - http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/messages/caste.htm 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.
	Restorative Justice and India's Caste System: New World Outlook, July - August 1999 - http://gbgm-umc.org/nwo/99ja/india.html Account of the place of caste in Indian society today, from a site promoting Christian Methodism.
	The Hindu : Politics of 'hereditary' crime - http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/09/09/stories/13090291.htm Article on the 'Criminal Tribes Act' and its legacy in the form of communities that continue to be considered inherently criminal by the authorities.
	Dalits & Human Rights : The Battles Ahead - http://www.pucl.org/from-archives/Dalit-tribal/battles1.htm First of a set of articles by P. Sainath on the position of Dalits in the country in the 1990's.
	Caste System in Bengal - http://tanmoy.tripod.com/bengal/caste.html A brief account of how the system developed in Bengal, with some notes on the differences from the rest of India.

	Sub-Castes Among Dalits - http://www.ambedkar.org/culture/SubCastes_Among_Dalits.htm On the political issues around the existence of subcastes among Dalits and scheduled castes.
	Indian Parliament Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - http://164.100.24.208/ls/committee/p23.htm Reports on the activities, constitution and membership of this group, and reports produced by it recently.
	War between the Castes - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1997/int/971215/asia.war_between_t.html Reports of recent communal clashes are put into a historical and social perspective by Time Magazine.
	Understanding Terrorism - http://www.geocities.com/understandinghinduism/ Extols the virtues of Islam against shortcomings of Hinduism. Describes violence and repression by caste Hindus and the Indian state against Muslims, Christians, and others, from an anti-Hindu and anti-Indian perspective.

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