'The Rajputs feel they are being left behind.' IMAGE: Protesters outside a cinema hall in Bihar after the release of Padmaavat. Photograph: PTI Photo Across North India and Gujarat, Karni Sena members ...

Ajay Singh is standing at the door of his palace-turned heritage hotel in Udaipur, rubbing his hands together in glee. He’s been hosting the wedding planners and flower arrangers for a huge wedding ...

The Rajputs are warrior communities who thrived in the shadows of the Aravalli mountains and controlled the Thar Desert. Some even lived in the Punjab plains and Malwa plateau. They rose to prominence ...

The Rajputs were considered belonging to the “Martial Race” during the period of the British Rule in India. This designation was given to the ethnic group that were considered brave and courageous ...

Adityakrishna Singh Deora is a mechanical engineer and social science enthusiast. His research interest lies in the history of tribes and clans of north and central India. Most of us may have heard of ...

The rearguard action that Rajputs have steadfastly fought to find honour in medieval defeat continues with the battle of Bhansali. Once upon a time the effort to salvage glory from the wreckage of ...

JODHPUR: The uncertain political future that continues to haunt Rajputs has forced them to seek innovative political strategies to reestablish their supremacy in rural parts of the state. This may ...