Karthik @Karthikdeva@qoto.org

@nimblejack Was wandering in Fediverse and now, spooked by your bio.

@freemo
Such wholesome stats :"

@_lunawinters But final season is not on Indian Amazon Prime site yet.
Rami Malek (This year Oscar winner for Actor in leading role) is the protagonist for this show. Give it a try :)

@_lunawinters You can watch it on Amazon Prime.

@freemo

"But for years, some of us have tried to persuade the community to find a better term without success. So 'Big Bang' it is. It's unfortunate, but everyone knows that name. So I give up." - James Peebles , this year's Nobel prize winner in Physics. #QOTO #Physics #Cosmology
https://m.phys.org/news/2019-11-cosmologist-lonely-big-theory.html

Just got the time to watch 'Mr Robot's recent episode.
Can't believe this is the final season. Some of my favorite dialogues (that i could find easily on the internet) #MrRobot

@_lunawinters Shots fired 😂

@Full_marx @freemo :)

@Full_marx @freemo I was asked to provide proof for my caste. How will I get a General category? All my ancestors data was there. (It actually was)
I respect your opinion. But I disagree.
Can you ask a African american citizen to forget his past? (Sorry for the analogy )
Untouchables do not want to be considered as upper castes or general category. We were prejudiced for centuries. Its still happening, please check the news articles. DO you think that these victims FLAUNTED their caste certificates?!
They lost their lives because of their caste.
I just want to say this and end the conversation,
I am economically stable because of my parents and I never took advantage of reservation. But I myself faced discrimination and I saw people suffer. Sorry if I sounded rude.

@freemo @Full_marx
I was asked about my caste (In the forms that I had to fill) when i applied for my school and college. My degree certificates from school & colleges (Transfer/migration certificate) carries the information that I belong to this particular caste.

@Full_marx @freemo
"If you have money, renounce caste" Yes. But not everyone has money right?
Racial Wealth Gap - is not a myth. You can see that in any developed nation.
In India its worse. Caste Reservation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservation_in_India) is there to help these people like @freemo mentioned. ('Wouldnt it make more sense to help people based on their ambitions, ability, and financial ability to help themselves)
A lower caste will always remain at the lowest part of the society if we abolish Reservation. No opportunities, no exposure, and how can you expect them to rise up?

@freemo @static @Full_marx @_lunawinters I don't you'll be assigned one if you're born outside India

@freemo @Full_marx Nope, It never works like that. There are lot of rich "untouchables" and poor upper caste people.
Current president of India is an untouchable, and he wasn't allowed inside a temple last year - https://www.news18.com/news/india/not-just-president-kovind-even-mahatma-gandhi-and-indira-were-stopped-at-jagannath-temple-1792257.html

@freemo @Full_marx There is a separate certificate for caste. You need to apply one. (My parents did it for me, i wasn't aware of this caste system until i was 17, I didn't know the significance behind my caste certificate. I thought it was just another document)
No citizen of India can escape from applying one. They already have all the data about our ancestors and which caste they belong to. You can't change it either.

@freemo @static @Full_marx @_lunawinters " The application forms are available either online or from the concerned local office in the City/Town/Village, which is usually the office of the SDM (Sub-Divisional Magistrate) or of the Tehsil or Revenue Department." - So there is a Tehsildar office in every town. They are in-charge of providing and maintaining these documents.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehsildar)

@freemo @Full_marx
Many temples used to (or still) have boards that says "Untouchables are not allowed".
If you live in a village, Dalits and other lower caste people live in a particular part of the said village.
So if I grew up there, and if I'm from that 'part' of the village. I become an untouchable by default.
Back then, Dalit childrens were made to sit separately even in schools. And "untouchables" hardly got any education & They're economically poor.
And “Untouchables” are often forcibly assigned the most dirty, menial and hazardous jobs, such as cleaning human waste.

1, Manual Scavenging deaths (https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/civic-issues/article/chennai-manual-scavenger-dives-into-septic-tank-to-save-brother-dies-instantly/514401) - This happened day before yesterday.
2, Indian couple stoned for marrying outside caste (https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/11/article/indian-couple-stoned-for-marrying-outside-caste/)
3, In Tamil Nadu, Anatomy of A caste crime : Families devastated by Honour Killings (https://www.firstpost.com/long-reads/in-tamil-nadu-anatomy-of-a-caste-crime-families-devastated-by-honour-killings-speak-of-the-scourge-7033391.html)
4, Amrutha : 'My father ordered my husband's murder' (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45570981)
5, Caste tensions in Madurai village : Dalit families forced to pull kids out of school (https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/caste-tensions-madurai-village-dalit-families-forced-pull-kids-out-school-103609)

These incidents happened over the last few months. (Hundred more could've happened during the same period and i can't possibly share them)
Also, @freemo , you can 'not' hide this information. Its decided by birth and you certificate carries that information. If I want to study in a school or apply for a job, We need to provide this information.

@freemo @Full_marx
Caste discrimination affects more than 260 millions in India.
I, myself could be categorized as an 'Untouchable' based on my caste. But since I grew up in a metropolitan city and my parents are well educated, I never faced any discrimination. Hence I consider myself a privileged untouchable. But once I leave the cities and venture into towns/villages, Caste discrimination incident surges. We are not allowed inside temples, or enter a street, or love/ marry someone who doesn't belong to our caste or drink water from the same well, etc. People literally get killed for doing any of this.
But as @Full_marx mentioned, caste system is a remnant of the past. Current caste discrimination has nothing to do with religion (Hinduism), you could easily see a pattern. It's about power, ego and illiteracy.
( Although few powerful lower caste groups/parties use this as a means to gain power & sympathy )

I mean, we are all humans right?
As a millennial I don't want to read Manusmriti to understand caste system. I can see what is happening around me & judge the system often exploited mercilessly by powerful groups hiding being the mask of religion.