Across the aisle by P Chidambaram: How are the four ‘castes’ doing?

The accepted wisdom is that there are four castes in India. Actually, there are four varnas and numerous castes running into the thousands. The four varnasare Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Sudra. The so-called ‘untouchable’ was placed below the ‘Sudra’. They…