thwy_castech

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   by thwy_castech 4y ago

   In this particular case I knew because we're all from the same state. The Brahmins from the state wear a sacred thread, and on occasions will smear ash on their foreheads in a particular pattern. One would wear the thread visibly outsi
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   by thwy_castech 4y ago

   There are different immigrant clusters around geography and industry. E.g. South indians are a majority in the Tech industry in the Bay Area, Punjabi migrants from North India work in more working class jobs - as taxi/Uber drivers and
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   by thwy_castech 4y ago

   I'm an Indian immigrant working in a large Bay Area Tech company and caste is definitely a thing. At another tech company I worked at the CTO and everyone under him i.e 4/6 VPs was Brahmin. An anecdote - I tried to get a position