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If the allegations of the slaughter of innocent Iraqi men, women and children are proven to be true, the Marines involved should be punished accordingly [June 12]. That American troops are stretched too thin and under incredible stress is not an excuse for murder. But the ultimate focus should be...
But was it all a myth? Revisionist historians have recently accused the imperial civil servants of sins ranging from selfishness to incompetence in dealing with famines. Now, British historian David Gilmour has risen to the defense of the ICS with his new book, The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the...
For centuries a rigid caste system governed social mobility among Hindus in India. High-ranked Brahman priests, for example, were forbidden to share food, water or even shadows with Dalits-sweepers and laborers often called "outcastes" or "untouchables." When India became independent in 1947, untouchability was officially abolished, and in...
"It is ridiculous to think that those protesting the reservation system are elitists intent on maintaining their superiority and that those who support them are representing the people," says Andre Beteille, a Delhi University professor and scholar of social inequity in India. "This situation is not about caste, it's...
Beteille is one of two members of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's so-called Knowledge commission who publicly resigned their posts this week over the quota issue. "It is often said that caste is a reality in India," wrote Pratap Bhanu Mehta, in an incendiary open letter of resignation printed...