I am a new reddit user and stumbled on this subreddit. The one thing that I don't like is how so many users try to justify the hatred they are getting because "Bihar has a poor image". One guy couldn't get into an NGO because he is Bihari and some users justifying that decision. Really? How low one can stoop?
You have Kashmiri Jihadis chanting death to Hindus and India and and killing and pelting stones at Indian Army openly and have orchestrated a genocide in the past and yet the Kashmiri students, employees hardly get any backlash working in other states. They rather get plenty of scholarships and concessions.
You have Delhi students coming onto the streets supporting terrorists without any shame. You have Bengalis who have started national security threat by allowing millions of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi Jihadis inside India. But they hardly get any backlash in their day to day lives in other states.
And then we have the punjabis and Tamils for which I don't think I have to write anything, You all know it.
But Biharis are treated as if "pata nhi aisa kaunsa kaand kr diye ho". If today there is one state that still talks about a unified Bharat, its Bihar. The only state that always thought of the nation while other states were busy fanning separatist ideologies and brewing terror outfits.
The people who are showing their hatred to Biharis not only hate Biharis but also other nationalistic patriotic Indians. You are not alone.

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As simple as this statement may seem, people from the political spectrum - left, right and centre - tend to be biased towards looking at disproportion in public spheres, government posts and positions as a defacto indicator of discrimination that is supposedly rampant in the society. Seldom do they look at evidences of any other factors that might be contributing towards this disparity in numbers, obviously because it is against the common narrative AND it needs some look into facts - the number one greatest enemy of common narratives.
Now, some butt-hurt people doesn't comprehend easily that I'm not dismissing instances of discrimination that do happen in our society, but in this post I would like to point to cases where factors other than discrimination leads to disparity in distribution. Until and unless discrimination is explicitly proven, often these 'other' factors cause visible disparity.
" No groups of people are homogenous enough to have the same amount of opportunities and privileges. "
Now with that said, let's dive into some case studies.
Case 1 : Chamar community obtaining lion's share of the benefits
Chamars began an economic rise during the Second World War when there was a sudden increase in the demand for leather goods ( Chitnis 1981 ). Between the 1830s and the 1950s, the Chamars , especially in the Kanpur area, became prosperous as a result of their involvement in the British leather trade ( Bellwinkel-Schempp 2011 ). In the second half of the 20th century, the Ambedkarite Republican Party of India ( RPI ) in Uttar Pradesh remained dominated by Chamars/Jatavs( a section of Chamars did claim Kshatriya status , and designated themselves as Jatavs ) , despite attempts by leaders such as B. P. Murya to expand its base ( Hunt 2014 ).
In the state of Maharashtra, the Chamars are among the most prosperous of the scheduled castes. A study found that they were 17 percent of the state's population and 35 percent of its medical students. In the state of Haryana, the Chamars received 65 percent of the scholarships for the scheduled castes at the graduate level and 80 percent at the undergraduate level, according to a report in 1979 from commission for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. 18 of the 37 former untouchable groups in Haryana failed to get any of the preferential scholarships.
In the state of Madhya Pradesh, Chamars were 53 percent of all the scheduled caste students in the schools of that state. In Bihar, just two of the 12 scheduled castes in that state - one being the Chamars - supplied 61 percent of the scheduled class students in school and 74 percent of those in college . In Uttar Pradesh, the Chamars have nearly monopolized the dalit quota ( Kumar 2001 ).
Would proponents of "disparity is indicative of discrimination" argument accept a counter-argument that Chamar community discriminated against other scheduled castes to obtain major share of the reservation and other policy benefits? Or would the proponents accept the simple fact that some groups are more fortunate than others in their endeavours and these causes disproportion in numbers, even within the designated quotas, that too without discrimination as a cause?.
While statistical disparities are often used as showing need for reservations, the real reason for this disparity seldom get attention, while much attention is focussed on the supposed 'injustice' of this disparity.
Case 2 : Advancement of Andhras over the Telanganans
During the era of British rule, the city of Hyderabad was capital of state of Hyderabad, ruled by the Nizams. Ethnically and culturally very similar people were living under the adjoining British ruled state of Madras. After Indian independence act of 1947, the princely state of Hyderabad was absorbed into the Indian union, and it was understandable to bring these very similar people together by a territorial reorganizationin in a newly created state of Andhra Pradesh (formed 1953). Same in things such as race, language, and religion, the different histories of these people's under two different sets of rulers turned out to create very serious social, economic and political disparities. Evidences from history points out, as anywhere on the Indian subcontinent, people living under the indigenous rulers tended not to become as educated or as modernized as those living under British rule. For example, 17000 out of 22000 villages in the state of Hyderabad lacked a school.
The people known as Andhras who had lived under British rule, had become more advanced in fields like agriculture, education, and in modernization in general, than the people called Telanganans, who had lived under the princely rule of Hyderabad. Since this was known before the state reorganization, various "protective measures" were provided to the Telanganans in 1956, to assure them numerical representation in government and in educational institutions for a period that was supposed to end in 1969 ( A W Thrasher 1996 ). But, as usual, when the time for the end of these preferences and quotas arrived in 1969, there were demands for the extension and expansion of these benefits.
This demand for 'extension and expansion of benefits' is going to be a recurring theme whenever we check into histories of reservation ( affirmative action ) in India or abroad . Seldom have any section or community, who gets provided with preferences and quotas, had been satisfied with the initial proposed term when it comes to the end. This will be discussed in detail in future posts.
Now, what happened in the coming years was that the Andhras surpassed the Telanganans in many fields, wherever they came into competition. Hyderabad was the capital of Andhra Pradesh and was located in the Telanganan region, but the Andhras who had migrated there were more successful in this competition. This led to creation of 'Andhra colonies' in the capital city. Most of the Andhras migrants were literate and thousands of them had gotten higher education.
Unskilled migrants in the city were mostly Telanganans, while the Andhra migrants held clerical and other white collar / middle class jobs. The green revolution, which changed both agriculture yields and famine rates for the better in India, was put to good use by the Andhras, not the Telanganans ( Weiner 1975 ). In short, Telanganans were out performed in many ways in their own region, that too with the preferences and quotas in place. No wonder the 1969 deadline for quotas was extended furthermore.
This extension did spark protests that spread to other areas and escalated into mob attacks on rail roads and government offices. The State went forward with permitting preferences and quotas for the local people, which was a move backed later by the Supreme Court of India, by working out a compromise between the two parties which eventually required a Constitutional Amendment ( 32nd CAA 1973 ), amid political strife and violence in the streets.
This unusual situation highlights an important fact that the differences in language, religion and ethnicity which have been so controversial in other states are neither necessary nor sufficient to cause intergroup polarizations. One group was unable to compete on even terms with another, and therefore turned to politics and violence to get the desired preference and quotas they wanted. Disparity, yes. But the pro reservationalists might utilize their time to prove the supposed 'discrimination' in this case. There simply isn't.
But if they hold being born an 'Andhra' as proof of discrimination in this scenario, they are nothing short of regressive right wingers who acts as if they are 'progressive' and 'humanitarian'. They simply have to accept the fact that disparity is not an indication of supposed discrimination, as that is what evidence suggests.
More such cases will be explored in future posts.

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Welcome back to the Reformed UPG of the Week! This is the first one of 2024 so we're starting with a larger people group! These posts are where we learn about and pray to God to reach an unreached group. Meet the Yadav people of India!

Region: India

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Stratus Index Ranking (Urgency): 19
It has been noted to me by u/JCmathetes that I should explain this ranking. Low numbers are more urgent, both physically and spiritually together, while high numbers are less urgent. The scale is 1-177, with one number assigned to each country. So basically on a scale from Afghanistan (1) to Finland (177), how urgent are the peoples physical and spiritual needs.

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Delhi, India
Climate: Indian climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert, both of which drive the economically and culturally pivotal summer and winter monsoons. The Himalayas prevent cold Central Asian katabatic winds from blowing in, keeping the bulk of the Indian subcontinent warmer than most locations at similar latitudes. The Thar Desert plays a crucial role in attracting the moisture-laden south-west summer monsoon winds that, between June and October, provide the majority of India's rainfall. Four major climatic groupings predominate in India: tropical wet, tropical dry, subtropical humid, and montane. Temperatures in India have risen by 0.7 °C (1.3 °F) between 1901 and 2018. Climate change in India is often thought to be the cause. The retreat of Himalayan glaciers has adversely affected the flow rate of the major Himalayan rivers, including the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. According to some current projections, the number and severity of droughts in India will have markedly increased by the end of the present century.
Indian Himalayas
Terrain: India has a wild and varied geography. On the south, India projects into and is bounded by the Indian Ocean—in particular, by the Arabian Sea on the west, the Lakshadweep Sea to the southwest, the Bay of Bengal on the east, and the Indian Ocean proper to the south. The Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar separate India from Sri Lanka to its immediate southeast, and the Maldives are some 125 kilometres (78 mi) to the south of India's Lakshadweep Islands across the Eight Degree Channel. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands, some 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) southeast of the mainland, share maritime borders with Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia.
The northern frontiers of India are defined largely by the Himalayan mountain range, where the country borders China, Bhutan, and Nepal. Its western border with Pakistan lies in the Karakoram and Western Himalayan ranges, Punjab Plains, the Thar Desert and the Rann of Kutch salt marshes. In the far northeast, the Chin Hills and Kachin Hills, deeply forested mountainous regions, separate India from Burma. On the east, its border with Bangladesh is largely defined by the Khasi Hills and Mizo Hills, and the watershed region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
The Ganges is the longest river originating in India. The Ganges–Brahmaputra system occupies most of northern, central, and eastern India, while the Deccan Plateau occupies most of southern India. Kangchenjunga, in the Indian state of Sikkim, is the highest point in India at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) and the world's third highest peak. The climate across India ranges from equatorial in the far south, to alpine and tundra in the upper regions of the Himalayas. Geologically, India lies on the Indian Plate, the northern part of the Indo-Australian Plate.
The Ganges River
Wildlife of India: India is home to a large variety of wildlife. It is a biodiversity hotspot with its various ecosystems ranging from the Himalayas in the north to the evergreen rain forests in the south, the sands of the west to the marshy mangroves of the east.India is home to several well-known large animals, including the Indian elephant, Indian rhinoceros Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, Indian leopard, snow leopard, and clouded leopard. Bears include sloth bear, sun bear, the Himalayan black bear, the Himalayan brown bear, and deer and antelopes include the chausinga antelope, the blackbuck, chinkara gazelle, chital, sambar (deer), sangai, Tibetan antelope, goa (antelope), Kashmir stag, musk deer, Indian muntjac, Indian hog deer, and the barasinga. It is home to big cats like Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, Indian leopard, snow leopard, caracal, and clouded leopard. Various species of caprines, including Bhutan and Mishmi takin, Himalayan and red goral, Himalayan serow, red serow, Himalayan tahr, Siberian ibex, markhor, and Nilgiri tahr, as well as the kiang and Indian wild ass can be found. Wild sheep include blue sheep and argali. Gaur, wild water buffalo, wild yak, zebu, and gayal are also found. Small mammals include Indian boar, pygmy hog, Nilgiri marten, palm civet, red panda, binturong, and hog badger. Aquatic mammals include Ganges river dolphin and finless porpoise. Reptiles include king cobra, Indian cobra, bamboo pit viper, Sri Lankan green vine snake, common krait, Indian rock python, Burmese python, reticulated python, mugger crocodile, gharial, saltwater crocodile and Indian golden gecko. Notable amphibians include the purple frog, Indian tree frog and Himalayan newt. Birds include Indian peacock, great Indian hornbill, great Indian bustard, ruddy shelduck, Himalayan monal, Himalayan quail, painted stork, greater and lesser flamingo, and Eurasian spoonbill.
Unfortunately, India does have monkeys. Ugh.
Tiger crossing the road in India
Environmental Issues: Air pollution, poor management of waste, growing water scarcity, falling groundwater tables, water pollution, preservation and quality of forests, biodiversity loss, and land/soil degradation are some of the major environmental issues India faces today.
Languages: India has 122 major languages and 1599 other languages. So, I will not type them out. Here are a few: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Meitei, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. The Yadav speak Hindi
Government Type: Federal parliamentary constitutional republic
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People: Yadav in India

A Yadav man
Population: 40,857,000
Estimated Foreign Workers Needed: 817+
Beliefs: The Yadav are mostly Hindu. As such, they worship a variety of gods and goddesses, participate in many ceremonies and celebrations, and often seek expertise from shamans over doctors.
The Yadav are 0.01% Christian. That means out of their population of 40 million, there are roughly 4,000 believers. Thats about 1 believer for every 10,000 unbelievers.
Buffalo Stomping a Diya - at a Yadav Sadar festival
History: Yadav refers to a grouping of traditionally non-elite, peasant-pastoral communities or castes in India that since the 19th and 20th centuries have claimed descent from the mythological king Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence. The term Yadav now covers many traditional peasant-pastoral castes such as Ahirs of the Hindi belt and the Gavli of Maharashtra. Historically, the Ahir and Yadav groups had an ambiguous ritual status in caste stratification. Since the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Yadav movement has worked to improve the social standing of its constituents, through Sanskritisation,[10] active participation in the armed forces, expansion of economic opportunities to include other, more prestigious business fields, and active participation in politics. Yadav leaders and intellectuals have often focused on their claimed descent from Yadu, and from Krishna, which they argue confers kshatriya status upon them, and effort has been invested in recasting the group narrative to emphasise kshatriya-like valour, however, the overall tenor of their movement has not been overtly egalitarian in the context of the larger Indian caste system. Yadavs benefited from Zamindari abolition in some states of north India like Bihar, but not to the extent that members of other Upper Backward Castes did.
The Yadavs mostly live in Northern India, and particularly in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Traditionally, they were a non-elite pastoral caste. Their traditional occupations changed over time and for many years Yadavs have been primarily involved in cultivation, although Michelutti has noted a "recurrent pattern" since the 1950s whereby economic advancement has progressed through involvement in cattle-related business to transportation and thence to construction. Employment with the army and the police have been other traditional occupations in northern India, and more recently government employment in that region has also become significant. She believes that positive discrimination measures and gains as a consequence of land reform legislation have been important factors in at least some areas.
Although the Yadavs have formed a fairly significant proportion of the population in various areas, including 11% of that of Bihar in 1931, their interest in pastoral activities was not traditionally matched by ownership of land and consequently they were not a "dominant caste". Their traditional position, which Jaffrelot describes as "low caste peasants", also militated against any dominant role. Their involvement in pastoralism accounts for a traditional view of Yadavs as being peaceful, while their particular association with cows has a special significance in Hinduism, as do their beliefs regarding Krishna. Against this image, Russell and Lal, writing in 1916, called the Ahir subdivision uncouth, although it is unclear whether their comments were based entirely on proverbial stories, on observation or on both. Tilak Gupta said that this view persisted in modern times in Bihar, where the Yadav were viewed in highly negative terms by other groups. However, Michelutti observed, these very same people acknowledge and coveted their political influence, connections and abilities.
In Bihar, the political advancement of Yadavs didn't improve their relative marginalisation in other fields. The spread of education among the community remained less as compared to more advanced Other Backward Castes like Awadhia Kurmi, Koeri and Bania. The attachment of Yadavs with the pastoral activities has been responsible behind their lower position in caste hierarchy as compared to owner cultivator castes among the OBCs. In areas where the communal ownership of land prevailed, trespassing into the fields by Yadav cattle herders to feed the cattle remained the part of their daily struggle for survival. Since such communal lands were mostly appropriated by village landlords, the caste occupation of Yadavs brought them in conflict with latter, and such skirmishes gave a militant and aggressive edge to the community's character. This followed their portrayal as "uncultured brutes" in the elitist discourses, which largely mirrors extreme backwardness still prevalent in large section of this community. The attempt to move up in the social ladder also remained evident in the nature of community and in due course of time "thriftiness" was observed to be a phenomenon, where they tried to save and buy small plot of lands, to be classified as owner cultivators.
By the end of the nineteenth century, some Yadavs had become successful cattle traders and others had been awarded government contracts to care for cattle. Jaffrelot believes that the religious connotations of their connections to the cow and Krishna were seized upon by those Yadavs seeking to further the process of Sanskritisation, and that it was Rao Bahadur Balbir Singh, a descendant of the last Abhira dynasty to be formed in India, who spearheaded this. Singh established the Ahir Yadav Kshatriya Mahasabha (AYKM) in 1910, which at once asserted that its Ahir constituents were of Kshatriya ritual rank in the varna system, descended from Yadu (as was Krishna), and really known as Yadavs. The organisation claimed support from the facts that various Raj ethnologists had earlier claimed a connection between the Ahir and the Abhira, and because their participation in recent events such as the Indian Rebellion of 1857 had demonstrated that Ahirs were good fighters.
The AYKM was a self-contained unit and did not try to forge links with similar bodies among other caste groups that claimed Kshatriya descent at that time. It had some success, notably in breaking down some of the very strict traditions of endogamy within the community, and it gained some additional momentum as people from rural areas gradually migrated away from their villages to urban centres such as Delhi. Ameliorating the effects of strict endogamy was seen as being conducive to causing the community as a whole to unite, rather than existing as smaller subdivisions within it. Rao has said that the events of this period meant that "the term Yadava refers to both an ethnic category and an ideology".
Of particular significance in the movement for Sanskritisation of the community was the role of the Arya Samaj, whose representatives had been involved with the family of Singh since the late 1890s and who had been able to establish branches in various locations. Although this movement, founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, favoured a caste hierarchy and also endogamy, its supporters believed that caste should be determined on merit rather than on heritage. They therefore encouraged Yadavs to adopt the sacred thread as a symbolic way to defy the traditional inherited caste system, and they also supported the creation of cow protection associations (Goraksha Sabha) as a means by which Yadavs and other non-Brahmans could affirm the extent of their commitment to Hinduism by observing the strictures relating to cow slaughter. In Bihar, where the Bhumihars and Rajputs were the dominant groups, the wearing of the thread by Ahirs led to occasions of violence.
Jaffrelot has contrasted the motivations of Yadav Sanskritisation with that of the Nairs, another Indian community. He notes that Gyanendra Pandey, Rao and M. N. Srinivas all assert that Yadav Sanskritisation was not a process to imitate or raise the community to ritual parity with the higher ranks but rather to undermine the authority of those ranks. He contrasts this "subversion" theory with the Nair's motive of "emancipation", whereby Sanskritisation was "a means of reconciling low ritual status with growing socio-economic assertiveness and of taking the first steps towards an alternative, Dravidian identity". Using examples from Bihar, Jaffrelot demonstrates that there were some organised attempts among members of the Yadav community where the driving force was clearly secular and in that respect similar to the Nair's socio-economic movement. These were based on a desire to end oppression caused by, for example, having to perform begari (forced labour) for upper castes and having to sell produce at prices below those prevailing in the open market to the zamindars, as well as by promoting education of the Yadav community. This "aggressive Sanskritisation", which caused riots in the area, was emulated by some other of the lower caste groups. In support of the argument that the movements bore similarity, Jaffrelot cites Hetukar Jha, who says of the Bihar situation that "The real motive behind the attempts of the Yadavas, Kurmis and Koeris at Sanskritising themselves was to get rid of this socio-economic repression".
The process of Sanskritisation often included creating a history. The first such for the Yadavs was written in the late nineteenth century by Vithal Krishnaji Khedkar, a schoolteacher who became private secretary to a Maharajah. In 1959, Khedekar's work was published by his son, Raghunath Vithal Khedkar, who was a surgeon, under the title The Divine Heritage of the Yadavas. There has been subsequent work to develop his ideas, notably by K. C. Yadav and J. N. Singh Yadav.
The All-India Yadav Mahasabha (AIYM) was founded at Allahabad in 1924 by a meeting of disparate local groups from Bihar, Punjab and what is now Uttar Pradesh. Although the AIYM was initially organised by V. K. Khedakar, it was Rao Balbir Singh who developed it and this coincided with a period – during the 1920s and 1930s – when similar Sanskritisation movements elsewhere in the country were on the wane. The program included campaigning in favour of teetotalism and vegetarianism, both of which were features of higher-ranking castes, as well as promoting self-education and promoting the adoption of the "Yadav" name. It also sought to encourage the British Raj to recruit Yadavs as officers in the army and sought to modernise community practices such as reducing the financial burden dowries and increasing the acceptable age of marriage. Furthermore, the AIYM encouraged the more wealthy members of the community to donate to good causes, such as for the funding of scholarships, temples, educational institutions and intra-community communications.
The Yadav belief in their superiority impacted on their campaigning. In 1930, the Yadavs of Bihar joined with the Kurmi and Koeri agriculturalists to enter local elections. They lost badly but in 1934 the three communities formed the Triveni Sangh political party, which allegedly had a million dues-paying members by 1936. However, the organisation was hobbled by competition from the Congress-backed Backward Class Federation, which was formed around the same time, and by co-option of community leaders by the Congress party. The Triveni Sangh suffered badly in the 1937 elections, although it did win in some areas. Aside from an inability to counter the superior organisational ability of the higher castes who opposed it, the unwillingness of the Yadavs to renounce their belief that they were natural leaders and that the Kurmi were somehow inferior was a significant factor in the lack of success. Similar problems beset a later planned caste union, the Raghav Samaj, with the Koeris.
In the post-colonial period, according to Michelutti, it was the process of yadavisation and the concentration on two core aims – increasing the demographic coverage and campaigning for improved protection under the positive discrimination scheme for Backward Classes – that has been a singular feature of the AIYM, although it continues its work in other areas such as promotion of vegetarianism and teetotalism. Their proposals have included measures designed to increase the number of Yadavs employed or selected by political and public organisations on the grounds of their numerical strength, including as judges, government ministers and regional governors. By 2003 the AIYM had expanded to cover seventeen states and Michelutti believed it to be the only organisation of its type that crossed both linguistic and cultural lines. It continues to update its literature, including websites, to further its belief that all claimed descendants of Krishna are Yadav. It has become a significant political force.
The campaign demanding that the army of the Raj should recruit Yadavs as officers resurfaced in the 1960s. Well-reported bravery during fighting in the Himalayas in 1962, notably by the 13th Kumaon company of Ahirs, led to a campaign by the AIYM demanding the creation of a specific Yadav regiment.
Mandelbaum has commented on how the community basks in the reflected glory of those members who achieve success, that "Yadav publications proudly cite not only their mythical progenitors and their historical Rajas, but also contemporaries who have become learned scholars, rich industrialists, and high civil servants." He notes that this trait can also be seen among other caste groups.
The Sadar festival is celebrated annually by the Yadav community in Hyderabad, following the day of Diwali. Community members parade, dancing around their best buffalo bulls, which have been colourfully decorated with flowers and paint.
A group of Aheers, a major constituent of the Yadav group, from around Delhi, 1868, as appearing in a British ethnography purporting to understand the many castes and races of India
Culture: Typical qualification that all people groups can't be summed up in small paragraphs and this is an over generalization.
The Yadav live in joint families. Most are vegetarian but many have started eating fish, mutton, chicken and sometimes pork, but not beef. Child labor is common among them.
The Yadav participate in local traditional and socio-religious festivals. They have expertise in oral traditions and group singing in praise of the god Vishnu, Krishna or one of the many other gods that they worship. Similarly, they are good in musical dance, wrestling and mock-fighting with swords. Boys are favored for formal education. They are known to have more faith in astrology and talismans rather than in the services of a doctor. They often pray to Singaji for the protection of their cattle from disease and often give thank offerings of butter, unripe mangoes and sugar.
Sadar festival of Yadavs in Hyderabad celebrated during Diwali
Cuisine: Indian cuisine makes best use of what is available, which is why each region has its own popular dishes. Dal, a lentil dish, is popular in the North. Meen Moli, a white fish curry, is loved in the South. Western Indians can’t get along without Vindaloo, a pork dish. East Indians love their sweets—one of the most popular being Chhenagaja—chhena, flour and sugar syrup. Halwa, a popular breakfast dish, consists of wheat, butter, sugar and almonds or pistachios. Indian snacks include samosas, a spicy turnover stuffed with potatoes and peas and a puffy rice, yogurt, tamarind and potato blend snack called bhel puri. Kabobs, meatballs, tandoori (clay-baked) chicken, rasam soup, and rice cakes, called idli, are popular dishes.
Tandoori Chicken

Prayer Request:

• Pray for the salvation of the Yadav people.
• Pray for short and long term workers / teams to come and pioneer new ministries among them.
• Pray for new focused evangelism and church planting ministries.
• Pray for literacy and community development work.
• Pray for the practice of child labor to end.
• Pray for education to be made available to girls as well to the boys.Pray against Putin and his insane little war.
• Pray for our nation (the United States), that we Christians can learn to come alongside our hurting brothers and sisters and learn to carry one another's burdens in a more Christlike manner than we have done historically.
• Pray that in this time of an upcoming election and insanity that the needs of the unreached are not forgotten by the church. Pray that our hearts continue to ache to see the unreached hear the Good News.Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. (Romans 10:1)

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Here are the previous weeks threads on the UPG of the Week for Reformed from 2023 (plus a few from 2022 so this one post isn't so lonely). To save some space on these, all UPG posts made 2019-now are here, I will try to keep this current.

People Group	Country	Continent	Date Posted	Beliefs
Yadav	India	Asia	01/22/2024	Hinduism
Thai (updated)	Thailand	Asia	12/18/2023	Buddhism
Bayad	Mongolia	Asia	12/11/2023	Buddhism
Bedouin (Suafa)	Algeria	Africa	12/04/2023	Islam
Aboriginal (Reached)	Australia	Oceania	11/27/2023	Christian
Nachhiring	Nepal	Asia	11/13/2023	Hinduismc
Bahraini Arab	Bahrain	Asia	11/06/2023	Islam
Cyrenaican Arab	Libya	Africa	10/30/2023	Islam
Yao	Malawi	Africa	10/23/2023	Islamc
Tunisian Arab (2nd)	Tunisia	Africa	10/16/2023	Islam
Lao	Laos	Asia	10/09/2023	Buddhismc

^{a - Tibet belongs to Tibet, not China.
b - Russia/Turkey/etc is Europe but also Asia so...
c - this likely is not the true religion that they worship, but rather they have a mixture of what is listed with other local religions, or they have embraced a liberal drift and are leaving faith entirely but this is their historical faith.}
Here is a list of definitions in case you wonder what exactly I mean by words like "Unreached".
Here is a list of missions organizations that reach out to the world to do missions for the Glory of God.

I got 407 AIR in ANTHE 88 in Delhi, 90% scholarship. Total gadha huun, bas 10th mein dhang se padha hai toh confidence nahi hai ki TALLENTEX mein kuch hoga. Even if I decide to take admission in any different state(Kota, Delhi, Noida or Bihar mein Patna ig), which branch do you think is the best? Do you think ALLEN is better for NEET?
Also a friend of mine (one of those "geniuses" actually) got 857 AIR and 37 (Kota) and somehow he gets 100% scholarship? How in the fuck? 😭

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