CounterCurrents.org Communalism
- Collection of articles, comments and analyses on the issues.
- http://www.countercurrents.org/communalism.htm

The Hindu : Politics of 'hereditary' crime
- Article on the 'Criminal Tribes Act' and its legacy in the form of communities that continue to be considered inherently criminal by the authorities.
- http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2001/09/09/stories/13090291.htm

Indian Parliament Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
- Reports on the activities, constitution and membership of this group, and reports produced by it recently.
- http://164.100.24.208/ls/committee/p23.htm

War between the Castes
- Reports of recent communal clashes are put into a historical and social perspective by Time Magazine.
- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/1997/int/971215/asia.war_between_t.html

Sub-Castes Among Dalits
- On the political issues around the existence of subcastes among Dalits and scheduled castes.
- http://www.ambedkar.org/culture/SubCastes_Among_Dalits.htm

Punjabi Talk
- Discussions on caste, religious and communal issues at the Punjabi Talk website.
- http://www.punjabi.net/talk/messages/1/21.html

Census of India
- Population figures for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes of the country, by state.
- http://www.censusindia.net/scst.html

Dalit Rights and Issues Home Page
- India Together website - news and articles regarding Dalits.
- http://www.indiatogether.org/dalit/dalit.htm

Dalits & Human Rights : The Battles Ahead
- First of a set of articles by P. Sainath on the position of Dalits in the country in the 1990's.
- http://www.pucl.org/from-archives/Dalit-tribal/battles1.htm

Restorative Justice and India's Caste System: New World Outlook, July - August 1999
- Account of the place of caste in Indian society today, from a site promoting Christian Methodism.
- http://gbgm-umc.org/nwo/99ja/india.html

The Caste System in Hinduism
- A basic introduction to the caste system, including an account of its religious justification.
- http://www.friesian.com/caste.htm

The Indian Caste System and the British
- Kevin Hobson on the British role in building the modern caste system. Also discusses how the parallels between the caste system and the British class system led to mutual support and reinforcement of each during the 19th century.
- http://www.infinityfoundation.com/ECITcastebritishframeset.htm

Hindu History - The Emergence of the Caste System (The Jati-Varna Matrix)
- Account of the emergence of the hierarchical caste system by Sudheer Birodkar, with parallels drawn with class systems in other regions.
- http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/castejati-varna.html

Caste Problem in India
- Swami Vivekananda, with a partial justification of the caste system. Denies that the system is a product of religion, and ascribes it to other social factors.
- http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/messages/caste.htm

Broken People
- A detailed account by Human Rights Watch of the extent and means of discrimination against lower castes.
- http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/india/