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Indian social system, i.e. patriarchal caste system has unique features which are changing in the span of time and space as it is a product of long historical process. Though, this is not a simple stratification but it is a segmentation of society as castes are not having any social interrelations relations other than economic interdependency. Thus, each sub-caste has an independent �social� existence. All kind of capitals i.e. social, cultural, economic and political capitals are monopolized by high-castes and dominated middle-castes. Social sciences are not treated to caste system as an economic, political or cultural system and falsely display it as a social system only. Within this system, institutions does not have independent existence, including religion, as these institutions are continuously interact and intervene with each other and thus, specific division within social sciences become the fallacy. Western generated socio-eco-political theories are insufficient to analyse the �Indian phenomena� whereas Brahminical oriented theories which �see from top� are misinterpreted it. Structural-functional theories see it as an institution than system, and thus missed historical time span. Marxist interpretations are ignored inter-institutional bearings as well as Indian religio-cultural value system and thus fall into the category of non-human theories. These theories are insufficient to analyse contemporary patriarchal caste system. In Althusserian perspectives, these bourgeoisie social sciences ignored to Phule, Ambedkar, Periyar and other social theorist intellectually and thus, support to social stagnancy and refute social change. Thus, bourgeoisie social sciences do not have a single theory of social change which will fit in Indian context. In western ideology, Bourdieu provide the insight to analyse dynamics of various capitals and Ambedkar provide the insight to analyse unequal distribution of authorities and powers and its nexus with religio-cultural value system. Structuration theories are helped to understand the dynamics of interrelations of social system and agency. But these theories again fails to understand social psychology of caste system and this gap will be filled by Vasubandhu, Nagarjuna and Dharmakirti, who fought against caste system by analysing relationship of language and psyche of human being.