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From forests to fields: How India's earliest rebels fought colonial exploitation before 1857Across the annals of Indian history, we find vivid accounts of agrarian resistance standing firm against exploitation. From indigenous fore...- Yogi Adityanath's caste recalibration: BJP expands cabinet to reclaim UP’s social coalition before 2027 pollsYogi Adityanath Cabinet Expansion 2026: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's cabinet expansion is a clear political signal. The B...
- Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet expansion sharpens BJP’s micro-caste strategy ahead of 2027 pollsUttar Pradesh government has expanded its cabinet. The move focuses on smaller caste groups within OBC and Scheduled Caste segments. This s...
- How caste manifested before the BritishThe notion that the British introduced India's rigid caste system is false. Eighteenth-century Indian rulers, Brahmins, and merchants activ...
- From sanskritisation to backwardationIndian society's caste system, rooted in ancient texts and practices, has evolved from a rigid varna model to a modern categorization influ...
- Ahead of elections, Maha govt okays inclusion of Kunbi sub-castes in OBC list and more during cabinet meetThe Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has announced several measures, including adding Kunbi sub-castes to the OBC list and renaming...
- View: Privilege to Saraswati at the cost of Durga & Lakshmi is an old Brahmanical hangoverIndia's focus currently is about being respected globally as a civilisation - source of knowledge, stemming from mysterious Vedas. This min...
- Will the Real OBCs please stand up: Undeserving castes crowding out genuine backwardsIn modern India, many enjoy the privileges of being the upper castes in the social sphere and partake with the benefits of reservation in t...
- BJP appoints Madan Kaushik its Uttarakhand unit chiefKaushik is a fourth-term MLA from Haridwar constituency, and is one of the senior most legislators of the party in the hilly state.
- Caste factor gets pronounced in Rajasthan poll campaignA group of government officials in Bharatpur, tasked with keeping a tab on public pulse, said they sensed more caste-oriented decision-maki...
- Caste major factor in Rajasthan pollsOn the 31 seats where both the Congress and the BJP have fielded candidates belonging to the same caste, there is a direct contest between ...
- A greater good: BJP win pyrrhic for DhumalWhat is ironical about Dhumal’s defeat is that in naming him, BJP had gone against its policy of not projecting a chief ministerial candida...
- Bundelkhand’s most prosperous Muslim Rajput community places bets on Brahmin candidateAmong Bundelkhand's large Muslim population, these Thakurs have clout, though historians aren't certain if they resulted from mass conversi...
- Battle for Uttarakhand: Harish Rawat main hurdle for BJPBJP plans to attack Rawat for alleged corruption and this will be the thrust of the party campaign against the Congress.
- Bihar election results 2015: 1 in every 4 new members in Assembly is a Yadav61 out of the total 243 legislators are Yadav, 42 of them are from RJD. Other parties, too, have Yadav members - 11 from JD(U), two from Co...
- From dominant social groups to backward classes find representation in Narendra Modi-led governmentCabinet expansion seems to be in the offing with states such as Rajasthan underrepresented and many allies seeking a greater share in the g...
- Lok Sabha Polls 2014: Right caste fit remains crucial to win electionsAccording to the poll data, BJP fielded 14 Brahmins, 15 Thakurs, 21 OBCs and 17 Dalits among other castes in UP.
- Narendra Modi’s caste makes sense in heartland politicsThe more the backward castes become assertive Hindus, stronger the Hindu hierarchy & Hindutva identity. Thus, Narendra Modi is a godsend to...
- Haryana first state to give 10 pc quota to economically weak: Bhupinder Singh HoodaThe 10 per cent reservation in government jobs to economically backward people is for general category, including Rajputs and Brahmins in t...
- Senior Congress leader, ex-chief justice join BJPThe BJP’s attempts to hold on to power in Rajasthan received a big push with a senior Congress leader and a retired chief justice of the Gu...
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