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You know what's really sad about this? The caste system prevent a huge part of the population to contribute to the demographic dividends that made China, SK and Japan the powerhouses they are. India is taking the same path as Turkey and South Africa, and as long as the mixture of the caste system and the religious troubles they have is not fixed, even the Brahmins will pay the price (not even taking into consideration the climate drift).

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> The caste system prevent a huge part of the population to contribute to the demographic dividends

Over the years India has implemented several affirmative action programs (locally called "reservations") that ensures a more level playing field.

India has actually done reasonably well economically since 1995. Unless you can point to specific studies that correlate India's less-than-spectacular economic performance to the caste system directly, this is a fairly baseless statement. You only have to take a quick look at the last 10 year average GDP.

Per capita GDP of India is 142 out of 189 countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_State_Hunger_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_rankings_of_Indi...

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