number of reserved places for them compared to the candidates. Between the lower castes there are also tensions over reservation. In the order of priority for a reserved place of the Backward Classes, candidate from the Scheduled castes is preferred over a candidate from the Scheduled Tribes who is preferred over a candidate from the other Backward Classes, and still continues to remain in this way.v The caste identity has become a subject of political, social and legal interpretation. Communities who get listed as entitled for positive discrimination do not get out of this list even if their social and political conditions get better. In many cases the legal system is involved to decide if a certain person is entitled for positive discrimination. But with all this positive discrimination policy, most of the communities who were low in the caste hierarchy remain low in the social order even today. And communities who were high in the social hierarchy remain even today high in the social hierarchy. Most of the degrading jobs are even today done by the Dalits, while the Brahmans remain at the top of the hierarchy by being the doctors, engineers and lawyers of India. The ancient division of Hindu society into numerous castes, some of which deemed higher than others, is still prevalent today - though in a much dynamic and confused form. There are many differences between the caste system in the beginning and modern India. One such prevelant difference is the actual division of the caste system. In the beginning there were only four main divisions including the brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and the shudras. Many things have changed in the caste system due to the British and a man named Mohandas Gandhi. Everything he has done for India has been for the improvement of the nation in a non-violent way. For example, there has been a decrease in the Brahman domination (6%) and a rise in the untouchables (20%). Due to the British, there ha...
