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Re:India’s diaspora is bigger and more influential than any ... by oblio on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:03AM (#36918986)
> Their original name is from the Sanskrit word डोम (doma) and means a member of a Dalit caste of travelling musicians and dancers.

For those unaware, Dalits are "untouchables", the lowest Indian caste.

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Re:India’s diaspora is bigger and more influential than any ... by AwaAwa on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:43PM (#36923195)
Ironic that if they left India on their own, they were and are treated worse in Europe. Meanwhile in India today, of just the ruling party's 303 representative seats, 190 are held by the 'lower caste' (officially under either the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe lists, or Other Backward Caste list).

Really puts paid to the affirmative action fueled india-bad-caste-bad-hindu-bad notion that gets so much traction in Europe.

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Re:India’s diaspora is bigger and more influential than any ... by oblio on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:50PM (#36926521)
The real question is: how are their socioeconomic stats? That's the crux of the matter. I'd be happy to hear that they're average or above.
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