The lore of the thuggee can be found in abundance in writing from ninth century Bhasarvajna to James Forbes’ Oriental Memoirs (1785). In the seventh century, during Hiuen Tsang’s famous journey to ...

Sunil Sharan has authored 19 books. He has been a contributor to The Washington Post. In colonial times, thuggee was widespread in UP. But 70 years after Independence, it is still as widespread.

Thug: The True Story of India's Murderous Cult by Mike Dash 320pp, Granta, £20 There is a menace in society that threatens thousands upon thousands of lives. This menace is a religious cult whose ...

During a 1906 meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Sir William Turner submitted part three of his research "Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of India." Included were ...