Contents Preface 1 The Indian caste system 2 Caste politics in India 3 Caste-class situation in India 4 Corruption crime and criminals 5 Economic trend of social development 6 Suicide and social structure in India 7 Indian social system 8 Caste-related violence in India 9 Caste and the Indian political system Bibliography IndexCaste system is inhimian in its current form and its exploitative aspects must be abolished Institutions and practices that lead to the disintegration of society require to be scrapped however venerable their antiquity may be Whatever might have been the historical basis for the development of caste system it has degraded the great ideal of the ancient Upanishads which affirm that an individual as such is a spark of the spirit a ray of the divine In presenting these facts and features the idea is to point cut the weakening of motives for conformity to social norms and the disruption of social relationships and social bonds The central and the state governments took various measures to achieve these objectives through legislation and economic social and cultural activities through successive Five-Year Plans The book will prove an informative and most useful asset for students scholars and teachers in this field