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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by programmer_dude on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @04:59AM (#30525639)
They change their surname so that they can weasle into quotas reserved for the repressed class. You are not fooling anybody Mr. Kumar.
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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by frontman1988 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:04AM (#30526866)
Changing surname doesn't change caste certificate. Otherwise millions of people would be turning into lower castes
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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by programmer_dude on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:08AM (#30526897)
> Changing surname

Is just the first step. Bribing the right authorities is next.

> Otherwise millions of people would be turning into lower castes

How do you know they aren't already?

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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by frontman1988 on Thursday March 03, 2022 @05:11AM (#30539204)
I have a kumar surname. Can you get me a Scheduled Caste/Tribe certificate? I am ready to pay a million rupees if you get it done.
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