This is extremely misleading and a copout to suggest that even SC/STs wear the thread. Reality is that 99.99% of them don't.
I wouldn't trust Sai Deepak with anything, he's a nut job who for some reason sounds eloquent to the upper class Hindus.
I wouldn't trust Sai Deepak with anything, he's a nut job who for some reason sounds eloquent to the upper class Hindus.
This is incorrect. I can vouch this is a relatively common practice in Maharashtra.
> Deepak mentions that 15% of those classified as SC/STs also wear the sacred thread
My point is that this is incorrect.
edit: asking this question to clarify since the other reply(ies) take this as a given.
This is true for any demagogues btw. It’s why Jordan Peterson appeals so much to upper class White Americans.