  Caste privilege persists in the form of upper caste "networks" in India made
up of political, social, and economic relations that tend to actively exclude
lower caste members. In this study, we examine this pernicious expression of
caste in the Twitter networks of politicians from India's highest legislative
body - the Lok Sabha. We find that caste has a significant relationship with
the centrality, connectivity and engagement of an MP in the Lok Sabha Twitter
network. The higher the caste of a Member of the Parliament (MP) the more
likely they are to be important in the network, to have reciprocal connections
with other MPs, and to get retweeted by an upper caste MPs.
