Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians

Re:Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians by technofiend on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:24PM (#24561212)

I once asked a co-worker if he felt caste ever impacted him in any way. He said well when I went to the local visa office in India the officer behind the desk approving visas had a certain surname. Only 25 people a day are approved for a Visa and except for me, everyone else in the room had that officer's surname.

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Re:Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians by raincom on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:30PM (#24561247)

This doesn't make any sense at all. Does an Indian national approve visas for Non-Indian countries in the consulates of other countries? Which country's visa is that?

Does Canada allow an Indian national to approve visa applications?

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Re:Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians by triceratops on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:03PM (#24561474)

> Only 25 people a day are approved for a Visa and except for me, everyone else in the room had that officer's surname.

How did you know the surnames of all the other people in the room?

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Re:Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians by technofiend on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:05PM (#24561490)

I didn't. He did. I'll ask him to retell the story since as someone else pointed out he was confused by the details. So I'll try to get them from the story teller.

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Re:Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians by triceratops on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @08:10PM (#24561514)

I misunderstood. The lack of quotation marks made it seem like it was your story.

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