“Sivasya Kulam: Decoding Caste, Untouchability & the White Man’s burden”, Myind, May 21, 2023:
“Caste has been the most misunderstood word. The inconsistencies surrounding it are slowly becoming global. On May 23, 2023, California State Senate voted in favour of a bill, SB 403, 34-1 to make Caste a protected category in the state’s anti-discriminatory laws.
The connotation of caste with discrimination and coming in the back of the lawsuit against Cisco System employer for allegedly blocking the career prospects of ‘low caste’ employees have brought to the fore the urgent need for deciphering the existing Caste System in Bharat and its origins. Caste in the real world has become an enigma of sorts.
Caste has become an institutionalized system in Bharat with a mandatory disclosure column in all almost government filings for jobs, college and school admissions, and entrance examinations….”
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