Ramblings of a Sikh - Bania.— The word bania is derived from the Sanskrit banijya or trader and the Bania by caste, as his name implies, lives for and by commerce. He
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Nikhil Morsawala on Twitter: "2014-18 has distinctly thrown up the caste system in politics. The GOP fills the first two slots: Brahmins (the intellectuals) and Kshatriyas (the 1947 Independence Brigade). The BJP
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