Word: kshatriya
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...most heavily industrialized state in India. The vastly unpopular Krishna Menon, fired as Defense Minister two weeks ago. sent a plaintive message to Chavan, "Such services as you ask of me as a private citizen are always at your disposal.'' Chavan. who is a member of the Kshatriya warrior caste, spoke like a fighting man in warning Indians not to count (as Nehru does) on Russia's help against Red China. Said Chavan bluntly: "A Communist country never gives up violence or abjures the use of force...
...Menon belongs to the Nair subcaste of the Sudra caste, lowest of the four main Hindu castes (Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Sudra). According to Hindu tradition, the Brahmans sprang from the head of the deity, the Sudras from the feet...
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