As in imperial times there are no rival and parallel institutions of power in the form of a nobility, an imperial bureaucratic class, a military class or a religious hierarchy.
He scored 1, 242 first-class runs in the 2009 season and his form attracted the attention of the England hierarchy, who fast-tracked him into the Performance Programme even though he does not qualify to play until February 2010.
As an example, they point to the emergence of a small but growing class of Dalit (formerly known as untouchables, the lowest in India's wretched caste hierarchy) millionaires.