Writing

Columns, essays and commentary by Professor Chhokar.

2010

2009

Archived on 14 January 2009WritingJagdeep Chhokar’s Blog

“Satyam saga” and Politics

Mint, January 14, 2009, p.4 Are Satyam’s shareholders paying the price of land? It is interesting to note the almost deafening silence of the…

2008

Archived on 8 December 2008WritingJagdeep Chhokar’s Blog

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…

Archived on 8 December 2008WritingJagdeep Chhokar’s Blog

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…

Archived on 8 December 2008WritingJagdeep Chhokar’s Blog

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…

Archived on 8 December 2008WritingJagdeep Chhokar’s Blog

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)…

Archived on 8 December 2008WritingJagdeep Chhokar’s Blog

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…