CHANAKYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

Rough draft for the partial fulfillment of “SOCIOLOGY-II” course

On

CASTE SYSTEM AND INTERRELATION IN SOCIETY

Submitted To: -
Dr. Sangeet Kumar
Faculty of Sociology

Submitted by: -
Akash kumar
Roll no. – 1707
1st year B.A., LL.B.(Hons)
 INTRODUCTION

The social structure of Indian society is characterised by a unique social institution

called caste. The Indian caste system is a system of social stratification and social
restriction in India in which communities are defined by thousands of endogamous
hereditary groups called Jātis. The Jātis were hypothetically and formally grouped by
the Brahminical texts under the four well known categories : Brahmins, Vaishyas,
Kshatriyas and Sudras. Certain people like foreigners, nomads, forest tribes and the
chandalas were excluded altogether and treated as untouchables. The caste system
which emerged out of the Varna system as a form of social stratification is peculiar to
India and is an inseparable aspect of the Indian society. There is no comparable
institution elsewhere in the world for the caste system. Although evidences of caste
are to be found in many parts of the world, the most perfect instance is that which
exists in India. Attempts are being made to understand the system in its entirety both
by the Indian and Western scholars; hence caste system offers interesting issues for
debates and discussions.
The word "caste" derived from the Latin word castus which means pure was loosely
used by the Portuguese to denote the Indian social classification as they thought that
the system was intended to preserve purity of blood. This term was first applied to the
Indian caste system by Garcia de Orta in 1563. The Sanskrit word for caste is varna
which means colour. The system is such a peculiar and complex one that no
satisfactory definition is possible, hence we find no unanimity among the scholars on
the subject. However, some definitions are quoted below for the benefit of the
students.

(1) AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT

(i) THE RESEARCHER’S AIM FOR MAKING THIS PROJECT IS TO STUDY THE CURRENT SCENARIO
OF CASTE SYSTEM AND INTERELATION IN SOCIETY
(ii) To study the different measures taken in field of development of the backwards.
(iii) To find out the problems among the different section of society.
 (2) HYPOTHESIS

THE RESEARCHER HAS ASSUMED THAT,

(i) THE IMPEACHENT HAS INCREASED AMONG CASTE FOR RISERVATION.

(ii) VERY FEW GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANIZATION ARE WORRIED FOR THE RESERVATION FOR
THE ECONOMYLY BACKWARD GENERAL CASTE

(3) RESEARCH QUESTION

(i) WHAT ARE THE FACTORS WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPEACHMENT IN CASTE SYSTEM?

(ii) WHAT ARE THE LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF BACKWARD RIGHTS?

(4) LIMITATION OF THE PROJECT

OWING TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF TOPICS THAT COULD BE INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT,THE
SCOPE OF THIS RESEARCH PAPER IS EXCEEDINGLY VAST. HOWEVER IN THE INTEREST OF BREVITY
AND DUE TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS LIKE DIFFERENT STATUS OF CASTE IN STATES AND
LIMITATION OF TIME ETC,THE RESEARCHER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE TOPIC IN
GREAT DETAIL.

(B). REVIEW OF EXISTING LITERATURE

FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESEARCH THE RESEARCHER WILL VISIT CNLU LIBRARY AND REVIEW
VARIOUS SOURCES AVAILABLE
BOTH OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY NATURE. DETAILED REVIEW OF LITERATURE WILL BE PROVIDED BY
THE RESEARCHER IN
THE FINAL DRAFT.
(C). RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

(i) SOURCES OF DATA

PRIMARY SOURCES – FIELD WORK, STASTICAL DATA

SECONDARY SOURCES – BOOKS ON DEVELOPMENTS AND ECONOMICS, WEBSITES, JOURNALS, ARTICLES,
MAGAZINES ETC.

(ii) METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION OF NON-DOCTRINAL NATURE

FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESEARCH, THE RESEARCHER WILL BE USING OBSERVATION,

QUESTIONNAIRE , AND INTERVIEW AS PROPOSED METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION.

(iii) TOOLS OF DATA COLLECTION

TOOLS OF DATA COLLECTION WILL INCLUDE OBSERVATION SCHEDULE, INTERVIEW SCHEDULE,

NOTEPAD, PEN, PAPER, CAMERA ETC.

(iv) METHOD OF SAMPLING

RESEARCHER WILL USE PURPOSIVE AND CONVENIENT METHOD OF SAMPLING DUE TO PAUCITY
OF TIME AND VARIOUS LIMITATION OF RESEARCH.

(v) PILOT SURVEY

RESEARCHER WILL CONDUCT A PILOT SURVEY BEFORE GOING FOR FIELD WORK.

(D). TENTATIVE CHAPTERISATION

(i) INTRODUCTION - THIS CHAPTER WILL HAVE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TERM CASTE,
ITS INTERRELATION IN SOCIETY AND LAW RELATED ASPECTS, TERMS AND
TERMINOLOGIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

(ii) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND– IN THIS CHAPTER HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF

DIFFERENT CASTE SECTIONS WILL BE DISCUSED

(iii) Classifications of backward and forward sections

(iv) PRESENT CONDITION – IN THIS CHAPTER THE PRESENT SITUATION WILL BE

EXAMINED AND HOW & WHY THE CONDITION OF BACKWARD IS NOT GOOD.
 (v) Field work & Data Analysis
.
(vi) CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION – THIS CHAPTER WILL MAINLY DEAL WITH SOLUTION
RELATED TO RISE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD SECTIONS.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

castesystem.org/introduction-to-caste-system-in-india/
www.sociologyguide.com
Untouchable by MULK RAJ
Caste in modern India by M.S. nivasen