Articles by Dr. K. M. Ziyauddin

The contributor, Dr Khwaja Mohammed Ziyauddin, is currently head of the Department of Sociology at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, and serves as an elected member of the Managing Committee in the Indian Sociological Society. He is a prolific speaker and author of books around sanitation, Dalits, minorities, Indian Muslims, gender politics & health. He could be reached at ziyadse@gmail.com

Policy and Governance

Counting Caste, Claiming Justice in Telangana: Between Identity Politics and Welfare Governance

Telangana renewed the jin (or djinn) of an old bottle by implementing caste enumeration, which revived a long-standing yet pragmatic democratic question: is counting caste a move towards justice or a strategy of identity consolidation?

Dr. K. M. ZiyauddinMay 13, 2026