Problem of caste in India: investigating history and historiography
Klappentext: Caste is such a historical truth which is very complex and very hard to define. It is an institution of considerable internal complexity which has been based on extreme closed criteria and rigid hierarchical social stratification. Caste has many definitions, given by historians, sociologists, anthropoligists and social scientists. Each caste groups are attached with power on which every individual exercise power. Caste is more than division, gradiations, hierarchy, it is also a caste of minds, caste hegemony and it is myopic where individuals bound to fail the caste what actually caste is. This book tries to explore the various caste stigmas in India. It covers caste phenomena at the Indian level. But the question remains: is caste so strong that it will not go from the soil of India? Or are we deliberately maintaining the caste structure? Who is responsible?