@RichardHanania Just like white peoples don’t go enslaving people anymore, Indians don’t go discriminating against one another. vestiges of the old culture remain in places just like racism exists, but casteism is not widespread even in India.
@ShefVaidya@asadowaisi@BJP4India Liberalism is in vogue. It’s very easy to fall for liberal messaging when you are not thinking deeply. Young folks follow what they perceive as cool.
Same experience in all open societies. See how this is absent in the Middle East!
@Schandillia Just like social security reforms are a third rail of American politics, reservations are of Indian politics.
Not possible to even modestly reform them without full consensus and that’s not forming anytime soon.
@rsalakhu China of today can be very attractive to smart, ambitious young techies. 15 even 10 years back, he would be looking to start in the US but times have changed.
@KanchanGupta@ArvindKejriwal@AamAadmiParty Thank you for writing this kanchanji. Mr Wadia’s financial support is well known but not the whole story.
Aapiyas are just degraded to sound bites and cheap journalism.
@cremieuxrecueil Because direct costs of the policy are borne by a small number of people. Larger society sees only the benefit as overall rents stay depressed.