When alive, he was kept on the margins of mainstream politics. And post-demise, there was a grand Neruvian design to confine ...

Punjab has a long history of egalitarian beliefs as it nurtured Sikh and Sufi thoughts. However, it also has a very high ...

The recent controversy surrounding the 17th-century Mughal ruler Aurangzeb is a vivid example of how intensely history can be ...

Originally set to release on April 11, the film’s launch was postponed by two weeks after Brahmin organisations in Maharashtra watched the trailer ...

When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, ...

About 15 kilometres north, deep inside the Dangs forests in Gadhvi village, Gulsinhbhai Ullashbhai Panwar, 75, also sits on a porch, but of an under-construction house, his back to its bare cement ...

A ruling family or warrior group defeated in ... which paved the way for the partition of India? Conclusion In essence, the pre-colonial caste system was a living, adaptive network of social ...

Without a useful, agreed-upon description of the Marwari and the introduction of a registration system ... clan of fierce warriors belonging to India’s Rajput, or princely, caste of rulers.

The left really did valorize a “meritocratic” caste system that privileged the children ... We must crush or be crushed. The warriors tend to think people like me are soft and naive.