[bgdam]

It's nothing that requires much research. The current national government openly supports discrimination on religious and caste based backgrounds. 7 years of this, and people who used to think "Caste is a taboo subject, and we should be working around it", now think "Caste pride is cool".

[cortesoft]

It sounds a lot like what has happened in the US over the last 7 years

[rajup]

Hmm the current Prime Minister of India is from a "lower" caste. The current president of India is from a "lower" caste. Curious how you come up with "the current national government openly supports discrimination on religious and caste based backgrounds".

[spaceman_2020]

The Indian caste hierarchy works in complex ways. The very top and the very bottom are confirmed, but everyone in the middle just kind of gets mixed together.

If you’re Indian, you know it too - the OBC category is just political hogwash (disclaimer: I’m from an OBC category)

[mrtranscendence]

Are you denying that the national government of India has taken a reactionary turn under the leadership of Modi?

[rajup]

Probably not, I do think the current government leans a bit more towards religious intolerance than co-existence.

I do however take issue with bashing the government for every social justice issue du jour. It’s convenient but very distracting for all sides involved. For example GP here accuses the current government of caste intolerance. If you think about it though it doesn’t make much sense, given the Indian government’s nationalist agenda of uniting all Hindus and instilling in them pride for their culture etc. Sowing caste divisions would be the exact opposite of what they would want to do in this scenario.

[spaceman_2020]

That’s precisely the problem: the current government has promoted blind pride in native (Hindu) culture but has never sought to promote any discussion on some of the flaws in that culture.

The Manusmriti, for instance, has been referenced and quoted by several ministers and politicians. Yet no one has addressed the deep casteism in it.

The government doesn’t promote casteism - I agree with that. But promoting Hindu pride without addressing some of its issues eventually gets you casteism.

[lowbloodsugar]

In the same way Hitler was hardly a model, muscled, blond haired Aryan. Those without the traits advocate it more.

[rajup]

Uhh.. what?! I’ve seen some crazy takes on here but this one is definitely new and takes the top spot.

[cuteboy19]

The analogy is incorrect. Hitler would need to be a Jewish rabbi for it to be accurate