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> And caste is not illegal in India discrimination is The caste system was outlawed ages ago. It very much is illegal.

rishav_sharan 4y ago
How then do you have caste based matrimony sites?
fmajid 4y ago
But they have their own version of Affirmative Action, notably quotas for universities and government jobs, and a very common form of caste discrimination by upper-caste Indians in the US is to claim a lower-caste graduate from a prestigious university like IIT isn’t a genuine one because he was a “diversity admission”.
- RestlessMind 4y ago
  IIT has a common entrance exam and admissions are offered solely on your performance in that exam. If you see someone getting in with a very low score compared to the rest of the class, they will be rightfully branded as "diversity admission". It is no wonder that 60% of dropouts at 7 IITs are from reserved categories: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-proceedings-60-of-dropouts-at-7-iits-from-reserved-categories/article35752730.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-proceeding...
anaganisk 4y ago
We literally select our caste in govt forms,I literally had to get a caste certificate to prove for my college admission.Im not sure you know what you are talking about. Caste based discrimination is illegal not caste, we have a huge problem due to reservation quotas because govt still segregates people based on caste and tries to uplift them, but in turn sometimes it misfires.
unmole 4y ago
> The caste system was outlawed ages ago. It very much is illegal. What exactly do you think is outlawed?
- Abimelex 4y ago
  "Article 17 of Indian Constitution says: Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of “Untouchability” shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law." - https://cjp.org.in/caste-discrimination-and-related-laws-in-india/ https://cjp.org.in/caste-discrimination-and-related-laws-in-... There is more to the story and that's a good read, but in practice you can see cast discrimination still a lot in India, as I figured out recently when I have been a few weeks in the country.
  - unmole 4y ago
    The GP I was responding to said: > The caste system was outlawed ages ago. It very much is illegal. As you'll note, the actual prohibition is on a narrow class of discrimination. That is what I was trying to emphasize. I live in India and am very much aware of the discrimination that still exists.
    - philliphaydon 4y ago
      If you cannot discriminate on class, the purpose of class is abolished. After the british left, the caste system was outlawed. The constitution was written later to rule out class based discrimination. I never said it wasn't still practiced. Just that its much more observed outside of the big cities than in it.
      - robertlagrant 4y ago
        Untouchable is not the only caste. You have a category error.
        philliphaydon 4y ago
        What are you replying to?
        4y ago
bongoman37 4y ago
Just one look at any Indian dating site will dispel this notion. They have elaborate caste and subcaste categories to filter your partners by.
manojlds 4y ago
How can reservation work without knowing the caste? You also fill it in every damned form (recently was called back to daughters school to fill it when I just left it as Hindu)

How then do you have caste based matrimony sites?

But they have their own version of Affirmative Action, notably quotas for universities and government jobs, and a very common form of caste discrimination by upper-caste Indians in the US is to claim a lower-caste graduate from a prestigious university like IIT isn’t a genuine one because he was a “diversity admission”.

RestlessMind 4y ago
IIT has a common entrance exam and admissions are offered solely on your performance in that exam. If you see someone getting in with a very low score compared to the rest of the class, they will be rightfully branded as "diversity admission". It is no wonder that 60% of dropouts at 7 IITs are from reserved categories: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-proceedings-60-of-dropouts-at-7-iits-from-reserved-categories/article35752730.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-proceeding...

anaganisk 4y ago

We literally select our caste in govt forms,I literally had to get a caste certificate to prove for my college admission.Im not sure you know what you are talking about. Caste based discrimination is illegal not caste, we have a huge problem due to reservation quotas because govt still segregates people based on caste and tries to uplift them, but in turn sometimes it misfires.

unmole 4y ago

> The caste system was outlawed ages ago. It very much is illegal. What exactly do you think is outlawed?

Abimelex 4y ago
"Article 17 of Indian Constitution says: Untouchability” is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden. The enforcement of any disability arising out of “Untouchability” shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law." - https://cjp.org.in/caste-discrimination-and-related-laws-in-india/ https://cjp.org.in/caste-discrimination-and-related-laws-in-... There is more to the story and that's a good read, but in practice you can see cast discrimination still a lot in India, as I figured out recently when I have been a few weeks in the country.
- unmole 4y ago
  The GP I was responding to said: > The caste system was outlawed ages ago. It very much is illegal. As you'll note, the actual prohibition is on a narrow class of discrimination. That is what I was trying to emphasize. I live in India and am very much aware of the discrimination that still exists.
  - philliphaydon 4y ago
    If you cannot discriminate on class, the purpose of class is abolished. After the british left, the caste system was outlawed. The constitution was written later to rule out class based discrimination. I never said it wasn't still practiced. Just that its much more observed outside of the big cities than in it.
    - robertlagrant 4y ago
      Untouchable is not the only caste. You have a category error.
      - philliphaydon 4y ago
        What are you replying to?
        4y ago

bongoman37 4y ago

Just one look at any Indian dating site will dispel this notion. They have elaborate caste and subcaste categories to filter your partners by.

manojlds 4y ago

How can reservation work without knowing the caste? You also fill it in every damned form (recently was called back to daughters school to fill it when I just left it as Hindu)