Caste card
 Back RESERVATION Caste card JAGDEEP S. CHHOKAR Caste-based reservation is here to stay thanks to opportunistic politics. Frontline, Volume:25, Issue:16 THE reservation issue…
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Gurjjar footprints on Indian history
Jagdeep S. Chhokar The Indian Express, Thursday, June 28, 2007 With the Gurjjar Mahapanchayat meeting last Sunday threatening to launch another stir, it may…
Higher Education for What?
by Jagdeep S. Chhokar Published in Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Fall 2004, p. 36 The most common response that the question posed in the…
Waiting for Rajasthan to explode again
Jagdeep S. Chhokar Indian Express, Tuesday, September 04, 2007 Palak Nandi’s ‘Gurjjars, Raje Govt on collision course as report deadline nears’ (IE, August 24)…
Fallen in line, taken for a ride
Hindustan Times, July 01, 2008 Fallen in line, taken for a ride Jagdeep S Chhokar The agreement announced in Jaipur on June 18 between…
It is not just about MPs’ allowances
It’s not just about MPs’ allowances Jagdeep S. Chhokar Indian Express, Saturday, September 22, 2007 Yamini Aiyar’s portrayal of “our MPs” (‘Quality at Rs…
The Gurjjar unrest tells us about India
Jagdeep S. Chhokar The Indian Express, Monday, June 04, 2007 When the prime minister made ten suggestions to corporate India, just one of which…
A disclosure drama in a democracy
Jagdeep S. Chhokar Indian Express, Monday, July 16, 2007 Scene One: The Delhi High Court pronounces a judgment on February 11, 2000, directing the…
The Buffalo jinx
Jagdeep S. Chhokar The Pioneer, June 25, 2007 The recent events in Rajasthan starting with the Gujjars and later involving the Meenas have attracted…
More lessons in unreason
Jagdeep S. Chhokar The Indian Express, Wednesday, May 02, 2007 I seriously doubt if Pratap Bhanu Mehta will get a response from any of…
Accountability by recall
From Live Mint, published on July 23, 2008 Accountability by recall Should we let incompetent and dishonest legislators, elected by hook or by crook,…
The polls and the polis
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Criminals in elections
Sunday, November 23, 2008 Perspective A Tribune Special Criminals in elections Parties should choose clean candidates, says Jagdeep S. Chhokar Commenting editorially on October…