Category Archives: India

India’s Hidden Baolis Captured in photos

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

A new photobook has been published that unveils the history behind one of India’s best kept architectural secrets – a series of idiosyncratic subterranean stepwells scattered all over the country. Called The Vanishing Stepwells of India, the project was completed by … Continue reading →

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The Great Caste Divide in Urban India

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

Proclaiming the Indian village to be a ‘sink of localism, a den of ignorance, narrow-mindedness and communalism’, the economist-turned-lawyer and the architect of the Indian constitution, B.R. Ambedkar famously exhorted Dalits to move away from villages practicing residential segregation to … Continue reading →

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Indian Society:An Overview

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Rashid Faridi

India offers astounding variety in virtually every aspect of social life. Diversities of ethnic, linguistic, regional, economic, religious, class, and caste groups crosscut Indian society, which is also permeated with immense urban-rural differences and gender distinctions. Differences between north India … Continue reading →

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Rail Tourism in India and Pakistan (from the site of Salman Rashid)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Rashid Faridi

Railways is among the more enduring legacies of the British Raj in the subcontinent. There is virtually an inexhaustible body of extremely interesting lore and history of the building of this great system of transportation discussed in a few excellent books and … Continue reading →