Sikh religion originated under the shade of Hinduism and Islam in India. It shaped itself as a distinct category away from “Hinduism”. While Muslim Rulers that era tried to contain influence Sikhism, Hindu elites 19th 20th centuries assimilate Sikhs treated them sect within Hinduism. This paper tries map quest Sikhism for maintaining its identity resisting attempts assimilation. The Khalistan m...

To date, there is little in the way of theorizing or empirical work on the imagined endpoint of political action aimed at social change – the type of “dream” those engaged in action are attempting to bring into fruition. We suggest that previous approaches have focused narrowly on one type of social change – amelioration of collective grievances. In contrast, we argue that social change is much...

Over the past twenty years, prominent theorists of citizenship envisaged cosmopolitan openings, re-making national identity, and progressive multicultural change. The paper explores perspectives on civic inclusion in Kymlicka's Multicultural Odysseys, Soysal's Limits Citizenship, Benhabib's Another Cosmopolitanism. It this work light two recent political episodes, formulation an “anti-separatis...

This meticulously researched volume asks why it is taking such a long time for medical women in the USA to attain the highest levels of their profession. It joins two other notable studies on similar topics. In "Doctors wanted: no women need apply": sexual barriers in the medical profession, 1835-1975 (1977), Mary Roth Walsh analysed the discrimination against American women, especially that in...