The Indian society based on the traditional exploitative philosophy of "Chaturvarna" had led to an unequal socio-economic power structure. The evils of caste based society under the guiding principal of "Manusmriti? written by Manu before thousands years have resulted in a economics and political decision making process over the years which mis-represent the social and economic interest of vast section of population. It can be argued that the notion of "nationalism? as propounded by the "Indian National Congress? prior to independence contributed negatively and paradoxically to sub nationalism and socio-economic retardation of the „Bahujan Samaj? i.e. Scheduled Castes(SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Religious minorities. The members of this very significant part of our society are still languishing under the exploitative impact of a political framework which has an apparent bias in favour of the upper strata of society. In spite of the implicit provisions made for backward classes under Article-340 of the Indian Constitution, the fact is that only 1.2 % of the total rural populations of the SC in the age category of 20 and above are Graduate. Similarly, just 1.1 % of the ST populations in rural India are Graduate.

Professor Arvind Prakash is a prolific writer, and has in his credit, 17 books and more than 50 research papers published in various journals and volumes. He is the recipient of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Fellowship.