How far has Capitalism diluted caste instincts in India? Or the issue of Caste- the genius of social administration in Gandhi’s words, a matter of generating concern for both fear and freedom? Or are the chest thumbing secularists and die-hard fans of equality betraying a skewed and confused attitude towards the pertinent question on caste? Arundhati Roys’ exemplary introduction of Annihilation of Caste brings forth some underlying fine issues, which by and large, escape through the daily chanting and dilly- dallying of nationalism and national idols. The general elections 2014 brought down single handedly all the noise and zest of caste politics in India, but that does not mean Indians in general have grown matured in their caste sensibilities. Hitherto, caste clouts have worked in tandem to assure political and economic bargaining in India. The gruesome gang rape and the open hanging of two dalit girls in Uttar Pradesh have given a good vent to fuel the issue like the forgotten b...