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.

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 ...

These villains, a mythical order of killers called the Thuggees, preyed upon vulnerable travelers to satiate their god's bloodlust. The Thuggee legend popped up in other films and TV shows such as ...

Surprising, but true. There was a time when Indian roads were as unsafe, if not more, than they are now. This was when bands of Thugs operated mainly in the Chambal valley (Phoolan Devi, it appears, ...