You said Class is not necessarily linked to Caste and need facts and figures to accept arguments. Girl, Have you ever visited any village ever? If so, then go to the periphery where youll see outcastes living(SC/ST). How is the 'value of education' drilled into them ,when they are without basic amenities like water, food and ostracized from entering villages/temples. Survival is the key. Similarly, I feel, caste had become irrelevant to a significant number of young people. Availability and Eating of Southern food in North and vice versa means We re more UNITED than 50 years ago. Chinese is available and more popular than all, so ?? Its an obscure way of defining UNITY. When you cited Brahman population of UP not reaching an average of 12% literacy by 1911, you got your history wrong. Cause UP has the maximum number of Brahmins in India with many being land-owners. So education wasnt a means to live, unlike in most states where theyre a minority with hand-to-mouth struggle and Education is their main forte. Opportunities are not created for all but a few privileged. How is it that marwaris get a foothold in every place in India??Only because of caste.
