> I see this tendency that people of non Indian origin throw the keyword "caste" without really knowing what it is. Shouldn't we be talking about it then? Open

> I see this tendency that people of non Indian origin throw the keyword "caste" without really knowing what it is. Shouldn't we be talking about it then? Openly? Educating others. > I hate the caste system This is where being tight lipped doesn't make sense. It falls under the "it's our problem so you can't talk about it". If it's a bad system then let it be just that, why defend it by not talking about it? A similar analogy would be police doing brutal/illegal things and defending each other. If you're a cop and you hate that, then being tight lipped about the "internal problems and complexities" only keeps the problems going. > All women in QA. So what ?... Sure, some of it may be cultural but tieing to casteism is a stretch. There should be equal ratios of women in Dev vs QA for all races. Sure maybe saying casteism is the root cause is too much, but denying it is also wrong. It's like saying racism is never a factor. It's not 100% the factor, but it's definitely a portion of a problem. I guess... we should talk about it and learn - and not be afraid.