Abstract
Abstract Caste in Bengal has been marked by an absent-presence. A large Muslim population, the first of the regions in India to be colonized, the dominance of bhadralok in all spheres of Bengal’s colonial life, the Partition and compared to many other regions of India, a near absence of major caste-centric physical violence have all contributed to viewing Bengal as one region where caste at least had minimum significance. Dalaladali and twentieth century mobilisations of marginalized castes on a massive scale for building of organized Hindu society (Hindu sanghathan) offer us significant insights into how caste worked in Bengal. Partition took away the marginalized castes’ challenge to dominant Bengali society. Having lived a life of exile after Partition caste began to ‘come to life’ with new refugee politics and the politics around reservation. This paper deals with caste’s historical and contemporary trajectory in Bengali middle class society.
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