Do you think caste is now irrelevant in 2025, that no one believes in such things any more, at least not the educated, urban, modern, progressive Indians (sorry, Bharatiya) of ‘Viksit Bharat‘ living through this great ‘Amritkaal‘?
Then try this. Open any post about caste in India on any platform you like, whether social media or news or commentary or anything in between. You could literally scroll here until you find one. It will not take long, trust me.
It could be written by a Dalit or a Brahmin, a poet or a professor, a singer or a journalist, an employee describing a workplace slight, an HR manager issuing a careful statement, a DEI advocate explaining structure, a DEI critic mocking the very idea, a politician making a claim, or a social worker reporting from the field. It could be a scholarly analysis, a cultural critique, a rant, a joke, a speech, a song, or a simple, tired account of what happened that day, or the day before, or a generation ago. It could be about that person or someone else. It could be about an aam aadmi or a hero. It could be about a historical figure or someone who lives in your neighbourhood. It could even be this very post.
The source does not matter.
The subject does not matter.
The timeline does not matter.
The caste of the writer does not matter.
The medium does not matter.
Just find an article or post or video that merely speaks of caste. Whether for or against is immaterial.
Done? Found one? Good. Now read the comments.
All of them.
Without flinching.
I rest my case.
