Caste and Race in India c12.121

c12.121

Economic conditions have led many castes to clamour for petty jobs in the clerical line. This factor enhances the feeling of caste-animosity. Even the apex of the ancient scheme, the priesthood of the Brahmin, which has been, with one or two exceptions, the great bond of social solidarity in this finely divided society, is being loosened by caste after caste. Contemporary caste-society presents the spectacle of self-centred groups more or less in conflict with one another.