Aayushi BansalAIR 7 · CSE 2024 · 169 wordsTheir whole copy
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Caste conflicts can be present at both manifest (eg violence) and latent (eg discrimination) levels.
Conflicts between castes closer on a hierarchical scale is due to
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- Each caste claims superiority to equals & equality to superiors. As Prof Dipankar Gupta pointed out there are multiple hierarchies. This generates a lack of clarity on scale resulting in conflict.
- Middle castes fight for gaining dominant status, eg Kammas vs Reddi in Andhra.
- One caste tries to gain mobility
to the next level. This results in retaliation leading to conflict.
Closer castes compete to get scarce resources from state like reservation. Eg: conflict of Yadavs, Jats, Gujjars.
Even castes on top of hierarchy are further divided into sub-castes. Eg - Prof Andre Beteille in his Sripuram study found how Brahmin castes Iyers and Iyengars competed.
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However, caste conflicts are also when lower caste try to reach higher long distance mobile status as deemed by S Parasuraman.
Caste conflicts are a manifestation of struggle of superiority and equality.