Society, caste and identity
Caste, ethnicity, gender, family and community.
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Science
Bengalis are like Tamils, and Jatts are sui generis, and Syrian Christians are not Brahmins
Reading Zack Ajmal’s Harappa DNA sample, the author concludes that Bengalis, like Tamils, show a genetic split between Brahmins and non-Brahmins, that Jatts stand apart as a distinct group, and…
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Society
A lonely BP
Shares two pieces from Centre India, including Harsh Gupta on how India’s centre-left builds a coalition of Christians, dalits, tribals and the poor, within the tension between inclusion and nationalist…