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> Education is a state subject in India This is not true anymore. Education used to be a state subject but it is now in concurrent list; which means the union govt. has a say in ed…

> This politicization and purification drive has made tamil to some extent less usable. Far from preserving tamil, many in the current generation can not read, write or understand …

Thirukural[1] is a classic Tamil text on philosophy and secular ethics, which is considered to be at-least 1500 years old. Many verses of this text can be easily read and understoo…

Lets keep aside trivial semantic nuances and get to the core point. When I say caste system, I mean the practice of segregation and discrimination of people based on birth, ancestr…

I have been following the discussions on caste here at HN and other forums. I noticed that whenever this topic comes up, there are some arguments brought up to either deny the exis…

> Also, there is an implied assumption that every upper-caste, richer or poorer has a strong educational background. That assumption is valid, owing to the traditional jobs that we…

>> In your example if the son of a lightweight boxer happens to be a heavy weight boxer he will not be made to fight with a lightweight boxer right? I used that example to emphasiz…

>> I have personally seen examples of people completely uplifting their family from poverty by the chance they have gotten via reservation. I am one of the examples. I am from Tami…

>> The problem is that a caste-based reservation did NOT eliminate caste-based bias. It is not the goal of the reservation system to eliminate caste-based bias. The goal is to elim…

>> What's shocking is that this caste system is being continued in the US. As a low caste Hindu who grew up in India, it is not at all shocking to me. In-fact Dr.Ambedkar, the lead…

I don't disagree. The powerful classes still dominate the lower classes. Caste system is deeply rooted in the culture for thousand of years. It will take a very long time and massi…

I feel your pain. This is the very reason for which Dr.Ambedkar converted himself, along with 380,000 followers to Buddhism. Having studied Hinduism for years and realizing that ca…

Reservation is not granted based on the last name. It is granted based on the caste marked in the documents. While it is true that the fourth candidate with 100% may not get a seat…

I am from the state of Tamil Nadu. Unlike other states, we don't use a last name. The official forms and documents of state government/schools will not have a last name field. If p…