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> Because other Indians will identify your caste based on your last name, food habits, dialect, your family business (etc). They don't need to ask you. False.
by cscurmudgeon 5y ago
> Because other Indians will identify your caste based on your last name, food habits, dialect, your family business (etc). They don't need to ask you.
False. This is a broad generalization. Some large states in India use paternal names as last names.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronymic#India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronymic#India
- sa1 5y agoOnly as a result of a successful movement against casteism in only a couple of Indian states.