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by thowaway_2mar 1568 days ago
Also, this is the reason students in their board exams (+2 / Twelfth-grade tests) were forbidden from writing their last name in the answer sheets. Teachers in India openly discriminated against students from other castes/jatis/varnas by giving them lower marks.

Not just caste but discrimination based on the state-of-origin/language are often committed by identifying your group based on your last name.

There are often groups in offices from some states that will ensure that folks that are not from their states don't succeed and are coerced into resigning.

Folks from relatively developed states in India don't want to admit students from underdeveloped or poor states, which breeds another form of caste-language-based discrimination in India.

Does caste-based discrimination exist? Yes, it does. But it depends on where you live. In rural India, it is more prevalent than in California.

Is the Indian government doing anything about this menace? Yes, India has a positive discrimination system for these oppressed castes in all government universities and all governmental jobs. Today 65-75% of all seats in top Indian universities are for oppressed, underprivileged, and poor people.

Is it better than now compared to when we got independence? Yes, but many want their kids not to marry into other castes, mainly lower caste.

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"Teachers in India openly discriminated against students from other castes/jatis/varnas by giving them lower marks." This is a very bold statement and also looks like you are generalizing the whole Teachers strata. I have not seen or experienced a single such incident during my school/college years.
You are speaking as if all teachers belong to one caste. There is affirmative action in teaching staff too.

https://theprint.in/india/governance/57-of-indias-teaching-f...

This is BS. You don't write your name at all, just your student id number.
^ This is BS. You don't write your name at all, just your student id number.

  Also, this is the reason students in their board exams (+2 / Twelfth-grade 
  tests) were forbidden from writing their last name in the answer sheets. 
  Teachers in India openly discriminated against students from other 
  castes/jatis/varnas by giving them lower marks.
Didn't you notice the past tense? Also, this defensiveness without properly reading what I wrote is part of the problem. This maybe BS today, but it wasn't 25-30 years ago.
I wrote exams 25-30 years ago. The answer script only had the ID number. We did write the name on the first page but it was torn off before it was passed on for grading.