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The biggest challenge with most of the Extremely Backward Castes—whose votes political parties are eying on at the national and state levels—is that the

Since the 1970s, however, there is a distinctive nature to this form of violence. “It is different from the class-based Naxalite upheaval in the 1960-70 period. It is also different from the caste-based violence that can be seen in parts of North India,” writes historian Sumanta Banerjee

The pre-launch of a book conceived off an archive gets The Telegraph thinking about Partition and how it shaped the electoral choices of a generation for their entire lifetime

The pre-launch of a book conceived off an archive gets The Telegraph thinking about Partition and how it shaped the electoral choices of a generation for their entire lifetime

A quick sketch of a district unique after its own fashion

How to win elections and damage India

Just the other day I was talking to one of my journalist friends in Delhi over the phone.

West Bengal has a long history of political violence which is not restricted to pre- and post-election periods alone. This culture of violence has persisted for a number of reasons.

A five-judge bench of the court, in its order, has observed that "women were raped and houses of certain persons who had not supported the party in power were demolished".

India is the world’s largest democracy, but it is also home to the largest numbers of poor people in the world. Roy examines the dichotomy of such an existence.