Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless
by LordAtlas on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @01:11AM
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It's the "caste" system, not the "cast" system. Your friend does seem to have a pretty conservative circle of movement. He's probably talking about arranged marriages, not "dates".
(Am Indian, have gone on plenty of dates without ever meeting anyone's father.)
Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless
by em-bee on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:09AM
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maybe the explanation is that management level is a replacement for the caste system to measure social status. not much different from western cultures. social status used to be the size of your land and how many people lived on it, now it's the size of your company or your team. the difference is that it is less universal but differs depending on the industry you work in.
You will have to take this as second hand information as I am not familiar with the relics of the cast system. But as he relayed it to me. When you go on a date with a girl that would be considered to be in a higher social status than yourself, the first thing the father will ask is how many people do you manage. Being a manager seems to provide some mobility in the relics of the system that is left. This is how it was relayed to me.