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naturallylaggedbehind.Thatiswhy I don’t care what Now you don’t like my caste is. Why it! Didn’t you tell there is a disproportionately large are we discussing presence of ‘upper caste’ among me that wherever the urban middle classes in our all this in the there is domination, textbook? Are we we should discuss it country. Caste continues to be not promoting in Political Science? closely linked to economic status. casteism by Will caste disappear (See Plus Box on Page 41.) talking about if we keep mum Caste in politics caste? about it? As in the case of communalism, casteism is rooted in the belief that caste is the sole basis of social community. According to this way of thinking, people belonging to the same caste belong to a natural social community and have the same interests which they do not times, in urban areas it does not share with anyone from another matter much who is walking along caste. As we saw in the case of next to us on a street or eating at communalism, such a belief is not the next table in a restaurant. The borne out by our experience. Caste ConstitutionofIndiaprohibitedany is one aspectof our experiencebutit caste-based discrimination and laid is not the only relevant or the most thefoundationsofpoliciestoreverse important aspect. the injustices of the caste system. IfCas te can take various forms a person who lived a century ago were to return to India, she would in politics:  When parties choose candidates be greatly surprised at the change Urbanisation: Shift that has come about in the country. in elections, they keep in mind the of population from caste composition of the electorate rural areas to urban Yet caste has not disappeared and nominate candidates from areas. from contemporary India. Some different castes so as to muster Occupational of the older aspects of caste have mobility: Shift from persisted. Even now most people necessary support to win elections. When governments are formed, one occupation to marry within their own caste or politicalpartiesusuallytakecarethat another, usually tribe. Untouchability has not ended c when a new completely, despite constitutional representativesofdifferentcastesand i generation takes up tribes find a place in it. l occupations other prohibition. Effects of centuries  Politica parties and candidates o of advantages and disadvantages P than those practiced continue to be felt today. The caste in elections make appeals to caste c by their ancestors. groups that had access to education sentiment to muster support. Some t Caste hierarchy: A politicalpartiesareknowntofavour a ladder-like formation undertheoldsystemhavedonevery c in which all the caste well in acquiring modern education some castes and are seen as their o as well. Those groups that did not representatives. m groups are placed  Universal adult franchise and e from the ‘highest’ to have access to education or were D the ‘lowest’ castes. prohibited from acquiring it have theprincipleofone-person-one-vote 40 Reprint 2026-27