I learned from my uncle, on a recent trip, that my grandfather had obtained a student loan that was subsequently waived by the king (under British Raj) at the t

I learned from my uncle, on a recent trip, that my grandfather had obtained a student loan that was subsequently waived by the king (under British Raj) at the time. That got our family on the ladder of economic growth. He could then afford to send his sons to better schools and his children sent theirs to even better schools and colleges. That first step of the ladder was only ever available to Brahmins.