Caste system in India is undergoing a change in its form, nature and character. The shape of emerging India will be different from that of modern western societies, and caste in its new transformation, will be an important contributing factor in determining that shape. Social classes are economic or cultural arrangements of groups in society. Class is an essential object of analysis for sociologists, political scientists, economists, anthropologists and social historians. In the social sciences, social class is often discussed in terms of social stratification. This book examines the principles underlining the policies of reservation and affirmative action adopted by multi-ethnic society, India. Despite the fact that the government of India has for over fifty years now, applied these measures to overcome discrimination based on caste and race respectively.