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This analysis is interesting but partially correct. Your definition of caste seems to be based on a person \'s birth : Which is not the true definition of caste. (Or varna). True categorization of caste is always based on the characteristics exhibited by a person and the nature of work they do. Being in the board of a company automatically can mean the nature of work is related to trading /business : making everyone of the board member as vaishya. Now if you can redo the study and find how many of the board members actually exhibit the predominance of characteristics / qualities - sattva, rajas, tamas : then you can have a better comparative study. Else, this fuels the already preconceived notions of caste in India.
on Apr 15, 2019What is caste-based reservation promoted by politicians, which touches each and every individual of India, which does massive damage to the rights of those not in the favoured groups?
on Apr 16, 2019As long as reservation based on cast and mention of cast in all the official document is prevalent, such thing is going to happen. The present generations are developing a hatred towards reserve cast and when they will grow up and occupy senior position in corporate world, they will try to help person from there in cast.
on Apr 17, 2019Generally, high level jobs or high level management in any organization or a company given to North Indian only and always too.
on Apr 17, 2019@Srikant Caste based reservations were introduced as a measure to help those from lower castes, to balance out centuries worth of oppression heaved on them. You have to take into account the systematic, incessant and quite frankly, cruel ways in which those from the higher rungs of society conspired to keep SCs and STs where they are. Think not allowing promotions at work. Think poisoning drinking water. Think murder for daring to marry to an outside caste. Think manual scavenging. Reservations are relevant because caste based discriminations still exist. And things won\'t change till the higher caste stop bringing it up or keep it in high regard, as is evident in this article.
on Apr 17, 2019It should continue. See the iim campus interview selected candidates through the caste. You will find lot of things
on Apr 17, 2019Reservation is reason for caste? Are you crazy? Do you even know why reservation came into existence in the first place. First, understand the 2000 years history of India. Dr.Ambedkar is the greatest scholar India ever produced. Try reading his research papers.
on Apr 17, 2019As long as reservation on the basis if Verna is there caste system will prevail in India. 3.50% Brahmins have 100% reservation in temples since last 2500 years and in Indian administrative service and corporates they have captured 90% creamy jobs
on Apr 17, 2019It\'s an eye opener. One could not imagine something like this in today\'s cosmopolitan environment. Just shows the importance of not just academic education but education of values because only that perhaps can change the age old conditioning of the mind
on Apr 19, 2019Cast system was based on combination of endogamy and professional monopoly. Drivers behind both these were mainly economic and political and these underlying forces seem to be still quite active. To think that mere ending of cast-based reservations would end the cast system is oversimplification.
on Apr 20, 2019Nothing wrong. Like flora and fauna human being was also divided into castes and religions. And in any research like yours we always try to to analyze based on such properties. Even our government also categories us in castes always. I think this is very much natural.
on May 2, 2019Shocking!!! Professionalism in Indian M&A deals boils down to caste equations of directors of the entities involved.
on Oct 26, 2019Caste is something that we live with 24×7 in India, particularly Hindus. They bear it with their name and appearance. Brahmins (3% of population) created Caste, endogamy in order to maintain their fallacious supremacy (Refer: Annihilation of Caste by Dr. Ambedkar). So called upper caste people oppose Reservation but not Casteism/ endogamy.
on Feb 6, 2020