A social order does not originate; it evolves. Notwithstanding the fact, the caste as an important and indispensable part of the Indian lifestyle was always present, is present and shall always be present; howsoever one may wish to see it off. When caste is there, so shall be its victims; those who are or have suffered due to it for centuries. The problem of amelioration from sufferings of the depressed classes, as the Scheduled Castes were called earlier, evoked ...
