Caste: New Color &

New Manifestation
 Caste in
Contemporary
India
Caste: A Dynamic Caste Formation
• Dynamic formation of caste, class and power
• To form a stable conceptual framework is difficult task
• Caste as a system of religion moved now to political domain with new significance
• One side of the story
• Pollution and purity
• Closed system
• Segmentary division
• Structural aspects
 Changing nature of caste
• Caste as a ritual function and social category has declined
• Non –caste issues have been included in the domain
• Caste for political mobilisation is common