>>38 Well, I'm from south India, Kerala. My family consists of Brahmins which are the priest caste, and land used to only be consolidated among my group. Our state eventually joined the Communist movement and we still have the Communists in power in our state, albeit with the fact they're revisionists. Our group consisted of quite a lot of Communists, with the first minister of our state being a Communist from my group. We've become irrelevant in the modern day since the land reform significantly decreased our influence, compounding with the fact that we don't have a cohesive group compared to other castes which have become higher caste equivalents while our influence is only really relegated to temples because of how rare we are to find and since we're the least conservative higher caste group within the country in an economics and social lens except in terms of religion. There is a caste system among Christians and Muslims within the state too, along with the fact a lot of my group tends to be uneducated and we have a caste based affirmative action where a lot of people from backward castes get government subsidies and university admissions reserved for them. The Christians are usually a lot more wealthy comparatively, and the oldest converts are looked upon as ideal compared to Pentacostals or Protestants who are looked down upon over here with Oriental Orthodox or Syriac Christians favored. Islam's caste system here is a bit similar to the Christian one where the direct descendants of the Prophet are treated a lot better compared to recent converts. The caste system still survives nationwide in terms of marriage though.
Well, I'm from south India, Kerala. My family consists of Brahmins which are the priest caste, and land used to only be consolidated among my group. Our state eventually joined the Communist movement and we still have the Communists in power in our state, albeit with the fact they're revisionists.
Our group consisted of quite a lot of Communists, with the first minister of our state being a Communist from my group. We've become irrelevant in the modern day since the land reform significantly decreased our influence, compounding with the fact that we don't have a cohesive group compared to other castes which have become higher caste equivalents while our influence is only really relegated to temples because of how rare we are to find and since we're the least conservative higher caste group within the country in an economics and social lens except in terms of religion.
There is a caste system among Christians and Muslims within the state too, along with the fact a lot of my group tends to be uneducated and we have a caste based affirmative action where a lot of people from backward castes get government subsidies and university admissions reserved for them. The Christians are usually a lot more wealthy comparatively, and the oldest converts are looked upon as ideal compared to Pentacostals or Protestants who are looked down upon over here with Oriental Orthodox or Syriac Christians favored. Islam's caste system here is a bit similar to the Christian one where the direct descendants of the Prophet are treated a lot better compared to recent converts. The caste system still survives nationwide in terms of marriage though.