About the Book: Sectarian Mobilisation and the Role of Caste Associations in
Karnataka
Despite large number of efforts and measures to undermine its influence and root
out its existence, the institution of caste in India continues to hold sway over
social, economic and political processes that characterize development the
country. A large number of scholarly studies exist on this subject of caste and
its changing dimensions in both rural and urban settings. More than a decade
ago, Professor M.N. Srinivas, the doyen of Indian sociologist, spoke of the
changing face (Avatar) of caste and its continued hold over Society in India. An
important, much treaded or old and