Caste has bounded Indian civilization and culture historically and continues to do so as it transitions Into neoliberal space and time. India's growth story of the last two decades promises a sustainable revolution of sorts in the subcontinent's material sphere. Rapid urbanization, growth of the middle classes, decreasing poverty, and lightning changes in consomption patterns point to a secure future full of opportunities and development. In real terms this means that by 2025 a continual rise in personal Incomes will spur a tenfold increase, enlarging the middle class to about 583 million people, or 4-1 percent of the population (Beinhocker, Farrell, and Zainulbhal, 2007). In absolute numbers, by 2025 India's wealthiest citizens will total 24 million, more than the current population of Australia.
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Waghmore, S., & Contractor, Q. (2015). On the madness of caste: Dalits, muslims, and normalized incivilities in neoliberal India. In Global Frontiers of Social Development in Theory and Practice: Climate, Economy, and Justice (pp. 223–240). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137460714_12