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Writing about caste in India often generates a heated response, and \u201cIndia\u2019s Boom Creates Openings for Untouchables,\u201d a recent article in The New York Times about successful Dalit, or \u201cuntouchable,\u201d entrepreneurs, was no exception. Readers weighed in on social mobility in India today and the role caste continues to play in the country, often in stark and argumentative terms. \u201cWe Indians are the biggest racists,\u201d wrote Paul George from India in the comment other readers recommended most. \u201cWe discriminate on the basis of caste,colour, religion, north-south divide, you name it\u2026.Yes, money erases the caste and temple doors will open,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAll the talk from Indians about Indian culture and religion amount to nothing but rubbish,\u201d wrote Kalidan from New York. \u201cThere is no culture that I have seen or experienced, in which people treat each other with more contempt. Ask any Indian who flies Air India how they are treated.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Others argued that the fact that Ashok Khade, the main businessman in the article, was able to transform himself from poverty-stricken child to millionaire businessman was inspiring proof that the system is improving. \u201cIt is very important to credit the Indian government for putting in place the world\u2019s largest affirmative action system early on to tackle this enormous problem,\u201d wrote Dhakai Porotha from Boston, Mass. That system has been so successful that more people want in, the Wall Street Journal reported recently.The number of so-called \u201cbackward classes\u201d in India has almost doubled since 1993, the Wall Street Journal reported, increasing the number of people \u201cthat are entitled to 27% of central-government jobs and university admissions, and a varying proportion of state jobs.\u201d <\/p>\n

Government help is no longer needed, a few readers of The New York Times said. \u201cIf this is the golden period for Dalits then why do they still need reservation in government jobs and education?,\u201d writes Sapan Kapoor from India. \u201cReservation has done its job and now is the time to have a level playing field,\u201d he said.
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