About the Book : The caste, though most important social institution of this country, is the most misunderstood one. It has undergone a lot of changes during last millennium, and to a large extent, it is a post-Turk phenomenon in its present form. The perception haziness about the caste, and about India’s culture and tradition, is due to colonial myth-making and growing culture and tradition illiteracy of the educated Indians. The book deals with various aspects of caste, culture and traditions of India. About Author : B.B. Kumar, (b.1941), M.Sc. (Chemistry), M.Sc. (Anthropology), M.A. (Hindi), Ph.D. (Anthro.), currently Chairman. ICSSR,.New Delhi. He was former Principal, Sao Change Government College, Tuensang (Nagaland), and Science College, Kohima, was Member, Executive Council, Academic Council, University Court, College Development Council, Examination Committee, School Board of Physical Sciences and other numerous committees of the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (India). He was Chairman, Hindi Board of Studies, and Member, Board of Studies, of ‘Science for Rural Development’, Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu. He remained associated with a large number of NGOs as President, Vice President, Secretary and Member. He was founder Secretary of Nagaland Bhasha Parishad and Thinkers Forum, Nagaland and Governing Body Member of the Nagaland Peace Centre, the organization founded by Jai Prakash Narayan. He was Founder-Secretary, Astha Bharati, New Delhi, and Founder-Member, Governing Body of India Central Asia Foundation, New Delhi. Dr. Kumar has written/edited/co-authored 136 books and more than 100 papers. Presently, he is editing Quarterly Journals, Dialogue (English) and Chintan-Srijan (Hindi), both published from Delhi, and Quest, the journal of the Vivekanand Kendra Institute of Culture, Guwahati. Some of his English language publications are India; Caste, Culture and Traditions; A Macro Perception of the Tribal Societies of India; Small States Syndrome in India; Naga Identity; Tension and Conflict in North-East India; Illegal Migration from Bangladesh (Ed.), Modernization in Naga Society (Ed.); Ethnic Movements in North-East India; and India and Central Asia: Classical to Contemporary Period (Co-edited).