INHERENCE OF CASTE: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY ON NAIS

Caste plays an imperative role in this part of the world- the south Asia. People cannot change their occupational castes on their will, and the status remains attached to them for many generations to come. The research was an attempt to study the traditional Nais .This occupational group is extremely hardworking and provides multifaceted services to the community, ranging from cooking and dish washing to circumcision and minor surgeries. The data was collected using snowball sampling technique, while the sampling frame included exclusively Nais and their families. The study was conducted over a period of one month. The data was then analyzed through percentile analysis. The locale of the study was under union council Dhudial district Chakwal. A sample of 60 respondents was gathered from the locale where each sampling unit stands for a single “Nai household”. Though they are a part of a discriminated caste, are still proud of their professional services which they offering to their community. The data reveals a mere tinge of caste mobility among a few families who were motivated by status mobility to which an occupation is a major hindrance.