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The Rajbanshis are the largest Scheduled Caste (SC) group in West Bengal, with a population of around 50,00,000. Since Independence they have been demanding a separate state for themselves which they believe existed long before the contours of India came into existence. Given their large population, the Rajbanshi vote will have significant impact in the upcoming general elections.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 3, 1984.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on April 1, 1984.

Amitava Kumar's "The Yellow Book" is a poignant reflection on life during the pandemic. It blends travelogue, memoir, and literary criticism, offering lessons on living fully through observation, reading, and cherishing memories.

The general strike in Delhi to protest against the killings in Punjab and Haryana and the inability of the government to deal with extremist violence was a success as most markets, business establishments and industrial units remained closed for the entire day.

Aaron Bushnell killed himself outside the Israeli embassy in Washington shouting "Free Palestine". He declared he would no longer be "complicit in [the Israeli] genocide [in Gaza]". Here's a brief history of self-immolation as a tool of protest.

In the 1960s, unstable non-Congress state governments began to fall, disrupting the pattern of joint elections. But it was Indira Gandhi’s decision to call for early polls in 1971 that effectively ended simultaneous polls. What prompted that call?

On Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 61st birthday, we look at his debut directorial film Khamoshi: The Musical. In the Salman Khan starrer, the master of large-scale spectacle used the realistic lens to tell a story, and mastered at that too.

The idea of a guaranteed minimum price for crops, like the seeds of the Green Revolution, both came from American philanthropic foundations

He twice served as Uttar Pradesh CM and was an integral part of the Janata government that came to power after Emergency.