These included the secretary to a popular yoga guru; an organization called the Krantikari Manuwadi Morcha, whose name suggests its mission to preserve upper-caste power; the Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights; and three Muslim and three Christian organizations.
Many things restrain India's economy, from a government that depends on Communist support to the caste system, power cuts and rigid labour laws.
By dint of his post, Chaika is unquestionably a part of the Kremlin's upper caste of power, but is not thought to be among those with the most personal or familiar access to Putin.
Alliances form between victims and sympathetic members of the race or caste in power, and even when their efforts are doomed, they manage to keep some hope alive for the future.
A member of the dominant power caste of our civilization.
A populist from one of India's lower castes, Mr. Prasad was widely credited with infusing Bihar's lower castes with political power, and with cracking down on religious violence in the state, which won him the loyalty of many Muslims there.
A capable populist who came from one of India's lower castes, he was widely credited with infusing Bihar's lower castes with political power, and of cracking down on religious violence in the state, which won him the loyalty of many Muslims in Bihar.
As a result, when independence came the southern lower castes, who had already broken the upper caste monopoly on economic power, enjoyed political power almost right from the start.
Indeed, it is a testament to the enduring power of caste in India's politics that Mr. Kumar, despite his achievements, will face a tough election battle later this year.
But others are disturbed, fearing that it could foster the spread of inward looking religious fundamentalism and sectarian militancy -- Hindi, Buddhist and Muslim -- and the resurgent power of caste and clan.
