1.   Caste warfare in the northern provinces causes wholesale slaughter, with much of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh becoming close to ungovernable.

2.   To some Indians, this incident seemed a legitimate vendetta in caste warfare.

3.   Bihar state has earned a reputation for lawlessness and caste warfare.

4.   Six people were killed Thursday in a gun battle between armed groups over wheat harvesting in an area of northern India known as a hotbed of caste warfare.

5.   The state has been wracked by financial scandal and caste warfare between landless low-caste Hindus and upper-caste feudal landlords.