International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 3 6 2014 June 14 Caste in the Politics of Post-Colonial West Bengal: A Study in Retrospect 58 61 EN Pineda EliseY. 1 University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho USA Wolf Brian 2 Deol SatnamSingh 1 Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, INDIA Trivedi R. 1 Department of Community Medicine S.S. Medical College Rewa, MP, INDIA Adhikari P. 2 singh sandeep 3 Sharma SinghS.P.V 4 Mishra A 5 Saxena M 6 Goyal A 7 Nirmala V. 1 Department of Economics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry – 605014, INDIA Yepthomi KavikaK. 2 Glozah FranklinN. 1 Department of Psychology and Human Development, Regent University College of Science and Technology, Accra, GHANA Dhanaraju Vulli 1 Department of History, Assam University (Central University), Diphu Campus, Assam, INDIA Chowdhury Aparajita 1 Department of Home Science, Berhampur University, Odisha, INDIA Patnaik ManojManjari 2 Department of Law, Berhampur University, Odisha, INDIA Department of Home Science, R.D Autonomous Women’s College, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA Choudhury Reeta 3 Raut Gayatri 4 Jash Amrita 1 Scholar at the Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, INDIA Ayan Guha 1 Doctoral Scholar, Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, INDIA > Research Article 2014 4 19 2014 June 14 Caste has played a very marginal role in the politics of West Bengal since independence. This article argues that that in post-colonial West Bengal caste has been a victim of circumstances which have privileged discourses such as religion, nation and class over that of caste. Today, the electoral decline of the left seems to have finally created favourable situation for caste based mobilization. However, caste politics is still in an embryonic stage and need to overcome practical, ideological and intellectual opposition before it can actually claim political and electoral success. Copyright@ International Science Community Association