> some very common caste Per 2019 statistics [1], 41% of Indians belong to OBC or Other Backward Class. Dalits are 20%. Scheduled Tribes are 9%. Forward/Upper

> some very common caste Per 2019 statistics [1], 41% of Indians belong to OBC or Other Backward Class. Dalits are 20%. Scheduled Tribes are 9%. Forward/Upper Caste is 30%. So which caste should they navigate to per your opinion? Also, is the person willing to give up all the benefits Constitution guarantees for lower castes? Especially give up Caste certificates that give scholarships, subsidies, affordable housing, Government jobs, Education quota etc? I don't think so. > taking a new name Even if you take a new name, Indians are by nature curious. We would like to know your background some way or the other. That fact of the matter is that it cannot happen unless the Caste System is itself abolished and Varna System adopted. But this change has to happen through society and not through Law (because if you try to do it through Law, Lower Castes will be the first to revolt as it will affect their Reservation Opportunities which they don't want to lose). This change will happen when Indians read translations of our scriptures written by Indian Sanskrit Experts and not Western Indologists (who took assistance from conniving upper castes in the medieval times as well as having their own self-interests). This requires a social change that should percolate to the grassroots (especially rural areas). Merely changing your name might only take you down the path for sometime. But sooner than later someone will discover your past somehow. It probably would have been possible 20-30 years ago when we had no internet and connectivity. Now everyone is on social media. You have a social graph available at your fingertips. There is no way to wipe off your past so to speak. This is probably possible with Personal Data Protection Bill that Indian Government might bring in sometime in the future. But until then, at least your digital footprint is left behind. [1]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1001016/india-population-share-by-caste/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1001016/india-population...