India's religious, caste and regional differences have increasingly splintered the country's politics.
(Whether there was a more general westward diaspora of Magi, members of the Persian religious caste, is disputable).
He had turned an anti-corruption movement into an electoral machine, winning voters from across religious, caste and class lines.
India's religious, caste and regional differences have increasingly splintered the country's politics into a complex array of regional players and leaders.
If he is smart, he will moderate his image as a Hindu nationalist and try appealing to moderate Hindus and to religious, caste and other minorities.Three state elections in the remote north-east, in March, and one more there late in the year will briefly cast a light on a neglected and sometimes violent region.
The killing was ordered by a khap panchayat (khap), a religious caste-based council among Jatts, in their Karora village in Kaithal district, Haryana.
They have impassioned flocks, but they are small in their own way, narrow-casting to particular religious and caste cohorts, alienating others.
We interviewed women ranging in age from 33 to 73 years with diverse religious and caste affiliations, including Muslims, Christians, Hindu women from both forward and low caste groups, and two women were from the Paniya tribe, a marginalised Scheduled Tribe.
But his promise to clean up the Ganges plays directly into India's charged religious and caste politics.
The Hindu-nationalist government's restoration initiative plays directly into India's charged religious and caste politics.
