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When I started researching my book, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America, the law review literature asserted that racial classification, in practice, was almost entirely a matter of self-identification. While federal law specified the classifications and their definitions, in practice people could check whatever box they wanted,…

While Indian exit polls didn’t predict the BPJ’s loss of majority, the effects of climate change and increased visibility of religion in politics have long been forecast, says Amitava Kumar

Americans might be surprised to learn that cricket – not baseball, nor football – holds the title of the nation’s first modern team sport. European immigration fueled the sport’s popularity in the first half of the 19th century, and Abraham Lincoln reportedly watched a cricket match in 1859.

Scared of the BJP describing them as pro-Muslim, these parties distanced themselves from the community, analysts say.

The results are in for India’s general election. The country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has won enough seats to stay in charge for a third consecutive term. But his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suffered big setbacks, and is gearing up for coalition talks having failed to win an outright…

The recent Indian election results have left Modi's party in need of coalition partners for governance, potentially impacting his domestic and internationa...

The meeting of the newly elected MPs of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Read further on Dynamite News:

A day after the Lok Sabha poll results were announced, the Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday recommended the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha, whose term ends on June 16. Read further on Dynamite News:

India and Pakistan – ‘the Super Bowl on steroids’ – clash in the T20 World Cup on Sunday, but most New Yorkers haven’t a clue