Brahmins

How Brand Yogi can complement Brand Modi and become the future of Indian politics

Besides pursuing a non-negotiable policy on law and order, Yogi Adityanath should ascertain the fine line between welfare policies and freebies politics

2022 Assembly elections: Why it’s advantage BJP in Uttar Pradesh despite anti-incumbency, farm protests

The odds are in favour of the BJP and its Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath. Under him, Uttar Pradesh has shed the image of a rogue state

Why 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections may mark the end of Mayawati’s illustrious political career

Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party seem to have reached a point of terminal decline from where a political comeback appears highly improbable

Why ‘The Economist’ gets so economical with truth when it comes to India and Indians

The magazine’s recent article, ‘Why Brahmins lead Western firms but rarely Indian ones’, not just showcases its lack of understanding of Indian society, but also smacks of arrogance and prejudice towards India and Indians

Mayawati's strategy for 2022 UP polls: Woo Brahmins, a promise of no parks and no bahubali candidates

In what is being viewed as a do-or-die election, the BSP chief has promised to change the image of the state and focus on development

'No one above the law': Chattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on case against father

It was alleged that Nand Kumar Baghel recently made an appeal to people to boycott Brahmins by terming them as foreigners, and also asked people to not let them enter their villages

PM Modi Cabinet reshuffle: 27 OBCs, 11 women, a host of professionals — a sneak peek

PM Modi Cabinet reshuffle: Thirteen lawyers, six doctors, five engineers and seven civil servants are likely to be a part of the government

Pune Police issues notices barring entry of Milind Ekbote, Sambhaji Bhide, 160 others ahead of Bhima Koregaon battle anniversary

Ahead of the 202nd anniversary of the Koregaon Bhima battle on 1 January, Pune Police have issued notices to over 160 people, including right wing leaders Milind Ekbote and Sambhaji Bhide, an official said

President's Rule in Maharashtra: If governments cannot be changed through elections, democracy stands diminished

The use of President's Rule to keep opposition parties out of power was a favoured tactic in the country during the rule of Indira Gandhi, when the Congress was a behemoth of the sort that the BJP is now becoming. If every election leads to the rule of the same party and largely the same few individuals, it is not very different from the one-party rule of China.

Caste Matters author Suraj Yengde: 'There's a new class of global Brahmin of each society'

Through the story of his life growing up in a basti, the discrimination Dalits face everyday and the love and creativity that binds the community together, Suraj Yengde challenges many notions in his book Caste Matters. In this conversation, he speaks about his experience as a Dalit in the West, the radical rebellion that is Dalit love, and how Brahmin participation in the anti-caste movement can be made more meaningful.