Revision summary
Sanskritization, migration, and quota politics make caste claims move. Endogamy, atrocities, and caste associations keep rank sticky. The office can be fluid while the wedding remains static. Law bans untouchability; practice often does not. Both words in the question are therefore right at the same time.
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Flow diagram
flowchart TD F[Sanskritization migration Mandal] --> L[Fluid public caste] S[Endogamy atrocity associations] --> T[Static private caste] L --> I[Same person two faces] T --> I
Conclusion
- Enforce atrocity law and end manual scavenging through the 2013 Act in practice.
- Use education and urban housing mix to widen the marriage circle, because that is where static caste is reproduced.
- Keep reservation as a tool against frozen disadvantage without treating every certificate as the whole of a person.
Caste is fluid in work, politics, and some ritual claim, and static in endogamy, stigma, and official lists. The double character will last until marriage and violence change as much as the job market already has.
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