Word: thakur
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...very peculiar type of violence," said H. B. Thakur, who organized the conference and is chair of the International Society Against Dowry and Bride-Burning in India, based in Salem, Mass. "We are appealing to the whole world to stop this and other kinds of violence...
...just another in a long list of brutalities committed against India's untouchables, the lowest of the low in the country's rigid caste structure. But the event took place in the Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh, the constituency of Prime Minister V.P. Singh, and the landlord is a Thakur, a member of the same upper caste as the nation's leader. Eager to embarrass the Prime Minister, the opposition Congress (I) Party has turned the plight of Kuchchi Devi into the country's leading cause celebre...
...Actually, our choices balance each other quite well," said Sue. "Rajastan is part of the old prince-ruled India, and Madras was 'British India' and is more modern. In Rajastan, we lived with the Thakur of Bissau, a nobleman of old Jaipur state and a member of the Rajput warrior caste, and we shot quail and partridge on weekends. Then we moved to the south, where they are more non-violent. Instead of shooting on weekends, we went birdwatching with our Brahmin editor friends...