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This study has been undertaken to investigate the issues of social outcastes and exclusion in Indian society. India is a hierarchical society. Whether in north India or south India, Hindu or Muslim, urban or village, virtually all things, people, and social groups are ranked according to various essential qualities. Although India is a political democracy, notions of complete equality are rarely witnessed in daily life. Societal hierarchy is evident in caste groups, amongst individuals, and in family and kinship groups. Castes are primarily associated with Hinduism, but caste-like groups also exist among Muslims, Indian, Christians, and other religious communities. Whether it's the most densely populated and less developed state like Bihar or the synonym of literacy champion Kerala; caste system has crept in every nook and corner of society. Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things is a bitter, poignant portrayal of caste mechanics in so called education paradise of India. Be it the Syrian Christian community or self-acclaimed communists Hindu Brahmins- all seem to bury deep in this Casteopolis or what I prefer to call Castetopia.