Re:Caste violence erupts in India over 200-year-old faultline
by nonamechicken on Friday January 05, 2018 @04:04PM
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Indian who was born and grew up there. Caste was never a thing outside of arranged marriages. The only time I hear about it is from news when there were protests from certain castes recently demanding reservation or from places like reddit and hn where someone would post about casteism in India.
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Re:Caste violence erupts in India over 200-year-old faultline
by ap3 on Friday January 05, 2018 @05:36PM
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What is your (parents) caste ?
Is it offensive to ask this about indians in the US?
Re:Caste violence erupts in India over 200-year-old faultline
by nonamechicken on Friday January 05, 2018 @08:01PM
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I am a Hindu Nair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nair). There is also a sub caste-I don't know which one it is. Both my parents are Nairs, but belonging to different sub castes I think.
As for offensiveness, I don't remember anybody asking me about my caste (outside of govt forms-they need it for job/educational reservations) except once. He (an Indian from my state) didn't ask me my caste, he heard my name and immediately said "oh you are a Nair" and I felt really weird and wanted to end the conversation quickly. If a foreigner asks me, I don't think I would mind. I am not sure if I would be comfortable if an Indian asks me though.
Re:Caste violence erupts in India over 200-year-old faultline
by vijay_nair on Friday January 05, 2018 @09:21PM
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Another Hindu Nair here; it’s not offensive to ask, only discriminate.
Nair is actually included in my name so you get the caste info just by getting my name.