Caste waters run deep in Bihar village (newkerala.com)
"The village in Vaishali district bristled with tension, anger and pain Monday, a day after the 45-year-old woman and her five minor children were torched to death in their hut because her husband refused to withdraw a police complaint against a Yadav for the theft of a buffalo. While the killings came as a shock to members of the backward agrarian Koeri caste to which the victims belonged, they were quick to point out that they were not allowed to keep cattle and those who dared flout the unwritten rule paid for it."
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