Also upper castes continue to propagate caste names in naming children which acts as a badge to upper caste identity.
Important positions in both government and industry seems to be filled with people from the upper castes.
I've worked with IITians and this is very accurate. They also refuse to consider alternate opinions, because if their opinion is not accepted, they assume that it would damage their careers.
I also know of one team that hired all IITians to boost their output. Lots of "white papers" but not much action. After a year, the whole group of IITians were upset because they weren't promoted, demonstrate low engagement with other teams and eventually left. It was funny to watch that team self-destruct because it went from the golden team to the team no division wanted in 12 months.
Ppl still want to keep old systems in place because their parents have brain washed them into thinking that they're upper caste and that Hindu Khatre mein hai
Overtly discrimination will happen less but covertly ot happens a lot.
But the good news is that not everyone is like that so we are slowly progressing
Look IITians are often entitled, opinionated and in rare cases obnoxious.
But never during my 5 years in IIT KGP, I have ever felt casteism among students and even amongst alumni after that.
Initially during freshman year there’s a slight sense of resentment against quota (affirmative action for lower castes) students but all of that evaporates as quota and non-quota students alike progress.
The whole point of getting advanced degrees is to shed the ignorance and discrimination and pursue what’s interesting, work with the brightest and of course make a better life for oneself.
Being casteist and discriminatory doesn’t take anyone far in life.
I really hope reports like these are media exaggerations and entitled casteist are very very few.
I have worked my whole life to ascend over this garbage. I don’t want this stupid discourse to follow me now!