CONTENTS:- Genesis of caste system in India; Constitutional safeguards; Gandhi's views on reservation; Dr. Ambedkar's views on reservation; Mandal commission report and its impact; Caste reservation in theory and practice; Appendix; Introduction: The problem and hypotheses; Tamil nadu: From the non-brahmin movement to Tamil revivalism; karnataka: A two stage backward classes movement; Bihar: Fregmented and telescoped backward classes movement; Uttar paradesh: Belated and imperfect mobilization of the backword; Summary and conclusions.
