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Rajiv Goswami, 20, does not have the obvious makings of a hero. His father is a postmaster, and he grew up with six doting sisters in a typically middle- class family belonging to the Brahmin caste, the highest in the Hindu social order. At Deshbandhu College in New Delhi, he...
When Singh announced the quota system, he told Parliament, "This is a momentous decision of social justice." But 22.5% of federal jobs are already reserved for members of tribes and untouchables, and high-caste students fear they will be squeezed out of the job market. As protests spread, Singh said...
That was not the way it was when I was born in New Orleans 55 years ago. Then there could be no serious debate about the existence of an entity called "the South" or a state of mind called "Southern." Nor was it that way in the Mississippi to which...
In this novel, based on a true story, Matthiessen is pretty good at mythmaking himself. From the evidence he gives, there is no reason to think the real Edward J. Watson was much more than a serial killer with trading smarts that were offset by lethal outbursts of meanness. But...
Even a new treaty reducing strategic weapons is not likely to disarm his challengers at home. -- An epidemic of ethnic hatred is sweeping the world, and some governments are trying to combat it. -- South African vigilantes threaten a "holy war" to defend apartheid. -- A caste murder in India becomes a...