1. Sanskritisation as a concept has been critiqued at different levels. One - it has been criticised for exaggerating social mobility or the scope of 'lower castes' to move up the social ladder. 2. For it leads to no structural change but only positional change of some individuals. 3. In other words inequality continues to persist though some individuals may be able to improve their positions within the unequal structure. Two - it has been pointed out that the ideology of sanskritisation accepts the ways of the 'upper caste' as superior and that of the 'lower caste' as inferior. 4. Reformers argued that for a society to progress women have to be educated. 5. Therefore - the desire to imitate the 'upper caste' is seen as natural and desirable.