Thanks to its unique structure, caste system is a big
source of knowledge for today s researchers of social
sciences be it history, sociology or anthropology.
It also gives quite valuable information about the so
called modernization or westernization process of
eastern societies. India is a very unique example
of an eastern country where reform movements and
modern ideals like nationalism, equality, social
rights flourish under the British
order side by side with the resistance against
British rulers.
This unique position of India and the caste system
turns them into a research ground or a laboratory
for the researchers who are in search of the west-east image and question.
Dalits can also be a key in understanding the reform
movements and transformation of India as they had
virtually no rights prior to the modernization
process. The Dalit movement is the inner circle of
the Indian reformation and modernization. A growing
idea of national identity within another growing idea
of nationality. A reform movement within another
reform movement.
This study is very brief look about the caste system
and the dalit movement respectively.
source of knowledge for today s researchers of social
sciences be it history, sociology or anthropology.
It also gives quite valuable information about the so
called modernization or westernization process of
eastern societies. India is a very unique example
of an eastern country where reform movements and
modern ideals like nationalism, equality, social
rights flourish under the British
order side by side with the resistance against
British rulers.
This unique position of India and the caste system
turns them into a research ground or a laboratory
for the researchers who are in search of the west-east image and question.
Dalits can also be a key in understanding the reform
movements and transformation of India as they had
virtually no rights prior to the modernization
process. The Dalit movement is the inner circle of
the Indian reformation and modernization. A growing
idea of national identity within another growing idea
of nationality. A reform movement within another
reform movement.
This study is very brief look about the caste system
and the dalit movement respectively.