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The country has only one problem, the fascist caste system where rich castes feel entitled to scam, rape, squeeze and murder poor castes. All problems of that c

by Yaa101 5y ago

The country has only one problem, the fascist caste system where rich castes feel entitled to scam, rape, squeeze and murder poor castes. All problems of that country boils down to this.

reactspa 5y ago
Many urban Indians have no idea how bad the caste situation is. I'm a Northerner of a so-called upper caste (but not a Brahmin). I had to move to Chennai (a Southern city) for a year. I was shocked when apartment-hunting there. At every "to let" apartment visit, I would soon be asked if I were a Brahmin. Then the person would let me know they were a Brahmin, and that they would only rent to Brahmins. Nope, didn't get a decent apartment in that city. It seems all the nice property there is cornered by Brahmins.
- crowf 5y ago
  Somewhat unrelated, but how does someone know what cast you are from? If you move to a new place where no one knows you, can you just say that you are from the best caste?
  - sateesh 5y ago
    Oh there are proxy questions and ways to figure that out, what is your full name, and the most widely used one is, "Are you a non-vegetarian ?". Almost unfailingly most of the landlords put these questions before renting out.
    - crowf 5y ago
      I didn't realize that castes had different rules regarding meat eating. Thanks for informing me.
- rramadass 5y ago
  Absolutely not believable, at best an isolated anecdote. Urban India is the one place where "casteism" is almost irrelevant. Like everywhere else it is economic conditions that drive everything. More specifically, it is in Southern India where "upper-caste Brahmins" are at the receiving end due to the long lived "Dravidian" movement.
rramadass 5y ago
This is such a clueless, uninformed and useless comment that i don't even know where to begin my rebuttal. I will only remind you of this quote; Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.

by Yaa101 5y ago

The country has only one problem, the fascist caste system where rich castes feel entitled to scam, rape, squeeze and murder poor castes. All problems of that country boils down to this.

reactspa 5y ago

Many urban Indians have no idea how bad the caste situation is. I'm a Northerner of a so-called upper caste (but not a Brahmin). I had to move to Chennai (a Southern city) for a year. I was shocked when apartment-hunting there. At every "to let" apartment visit, I would soon be asked if I were a Brahmin. Then the person would let me know they were a Brahmin, and that they would only rent to Brahmins. Nope, didn't get a decent apartment in that city. It seems all the nice property there is cornered by Brahmins.

crowf 5y ago
Somewhat unrelated, but how does someone know what cast you are from? If you move to a new place where no one knows you, can you just say that you are from the best caste?
- sateesh 5y ago
  Oh there are proxy questions and ways to figure that out, what is your full name, and the most widely used one is, "Are you a non-vegetarian ?". Almost unfailingly most of the landlords put these questions before renting out.
  - crowf 5y ago
    I didn't realize that castes had different rules regarding meat eating. Thanks for informing me.
rramadass 5y ago
Absolutely not believable, at best an isolated anecdote. Urban India is the one place where "casteism" is almost irrelevant. Like everywhere else it is economic conditions that drive everything. More specifically, it is in Southern India where "upper-caste Brahmins" are at the receiving end due to the long lived "Dravidian" movement.

rramadass 5y ago

This is such a clueless, uninformed and useless comment that i don't even know where to begin my rebuttal. I will only remind you of this quote; Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.