Communities as Vote Banks: Elections in India

This book analyzes the electoral behavior of communities constituted on the basis of religion, caste and region. It also presents a critique of media, emphasizes the use of latest technological devices, and proposes practical reforms to ensure better representation.

Zaheer Ali is Mumbai-based academician, freelance journalist and social activist. Presently, he heads the Centre for the Promotion of Democracy and Secularism (CPDS) that is essentially committed to disseminating values such as secularism, democracy, justice, and equality. Besides contributing several research papers to leading publications, he has also written and edited several books on socio-political and literary themes both in English and Urdu.