My Caste

I belong to one of the Poor states of India, one of the bimaru states.

We are not eligible for

Healthcare by government

But we pay 4/5th of our incomes as taxes.

My parents do not get any help, pension, from the government I have to use all my leftover income to pay for healthcare of my parents

My children will be having to work 3/4th harder than anyone else for the same colleges seat, and will pay at least 7 times more fee for the same college seat.

We never had any generational wealth, no farm lands.

The politician have been Gaslighting us since decades that somehow we are the culprits, just for been born.

The politicians have been ignoring, trolling, downplaying our concerns since decades in these 4 states.

The politicians only want 70% of our income as taxes and we have to watch our parents die because we don't have money.

We have to watch our children get injured on roads and use cheaper medicine because we don't have money leftover after paying taxes.

Do not let anyone Gaslight, do not let anyone convince that you are the culprits just for being born.

Just because something exists on the internet doesn't mean it's correct.

Do not believe anything written on the internet unless it is vetted by all sided

From the last 4 decades, 10% of the population has been deprived of 50% of the government jobs.

Not all of That 10% doesn't may not have generational wealth.

Do not let anyone convince you that that person is oppressed.

Ask about the generational wealth, ask about the real estate owned by the family.

A person who pays 7times fee for the same college will not own a house as compared to a person who pays 0 few for the same college.

Do not let anyone convince you whose parents are government job holders that he/she is oppressed.

The only oppressed people in India are those who pay their taxes and get nothing on return, have to watch their mothers die, have to watch their children heartbroken for scoring extremely good marks and still be denied admission.

first and foremost, discrimination in India still exists in some form to this day. however, it is not dominated or restricted by which family tree you are born into. as more people have (socio-economic and otherwise) mobility than ever, living in another region can sometimes feel like being an alien in your own country. despite that, i am proud of how far we've come along and (mostly) kept it together.

i am not sure if we have a golden standard about correcting historical mistakes as a society. but what we are doing about this in practice does not seem like much either.

among almost every aspirant starting their careers, you will hear about "reservation". while corporations elsewhere might have it as ensuring participation of all genders in their executive boards, it goes much deeper in India.

what i disagree with it is the "equal opportunity" bit. instead of focusing on increasing accessibility to a better life for all, politically it has been weaponized to rather gatekeep who gets a better shot at what is there. although very different circumstances, it rings home to how it has been with the recent representation movement (hoping it does not step on too many nerves).

after many generations under this approach, there is now a new reason for resentment between different parts of society.