Varna Status
The Kapu are considered to be a Shudra community in the traditional Hindu ritual ranking system known as varna.
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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)