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India after Independence [Lec 13] Lecture of 18 November 2014, UCLA Fall 2014 course. Brief history of Sikhism; politics of Sikhism in late 20th century, the Sikh secessionist movement, and the assassination of Mrs. Gandhi; anti-Sikh pogrom in 1984. Symbols of the Sikh faith. Relation of Sikhism to Hinduism; and the inability or unwillingness of Indian state to prosecute perpetrators of communal violence. What is the difference between religious conflict and communal conflict? Communalism in Indian history. The last third of the lecture looks at Dalits in India today. Question of inter-caste marriages; comparison with the Rwandan case. System of reservations. The view of Ambedkar on reservations. Atrocities against Dalits; their hardships. Conversion of Dalits.

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