Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century

Historical origins of the caste society; The ´Brahman Raj´: kings and service ppeople, 1700-1830; Western orientalists and the colonial perception of caste; caste and the modern nation: incubus or essernce?; The everyday experience of caste in colonial India; Caste debate abnd the emergence of Gandhian nationalism; State policy and ´reservations´: the politicisatin of caste-based social welfare schemes; Caste in everyday life of Independent India; ´Caste wars´ and the madate of violence.