People in US will be shocked to know how “caste” politics works in India. It is affirmative action taken to its absolute extreme for no other purpose but gainin

People in US will be shocked to know how “caste” politics works in India. It is affirmative action taken to its absolute extreme for no other purpose but gaining political vote. More than half of the seats at all universities, including science and medicine, are reserved for the caste people. Same for government jobs and everything that is under government control. It only makes sense to politicians that caste people are “minority” when they make sure more than half of everything is reserved for them. As someone who grew up in poor non-caste family, I watched my rich caste friends walk into prestigious universities and get admissions like it was no big deal while poor kids like me with much better academics had to settle for less or even give up field of study entirely. In India, current caste system purely exist as vote bank for politicians. It is sad to see “caste” people now trying to push same affirmative actions with their discrimination shenanigans in US. They grew up entirely on Indian politics holding their hand while pushing out more deserving people. It is completely and utterly bogus claims that these people apparently now being prevented from getting promoted and hired due to discrimination in US. As an Indian living over 3 decades in US, I have never ever seen a single instance of anyone asking or disclosing their “caste”. To uninitiated, there is NO way to tell if some Indian person belongs to caste unless they disclose themselves with some certificate from their village. I grew up in India and I cannot tell which last name belongs to what caste. New generations and cities are extraordinarily cosmopolitan and I have never seen any discrimination based on cast in city I grew up in India for over two decades. Unlike African Americans or immigrants, there is no physical or language or any other externalities that gives away your caste. So, all these discrimination claims are just bullshit.