Lower-Upper caste is a misnomer, when the British tried to segregate jattis (communities) into Varna many protested. You could be a king, a priest or a landowne

Lower-Upper caste is a misnomer, when the British tried to segregate jattis (communities) into Varna many protested. You could be a king, a priest or a landowner within your own jatti or community. The colonialist did the same in Africa, dividing different communities into "tribes". There is no lower tribe or upper tribe. If not for reservation (affirmative action), no one would call themselves a lower caste.