tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post2249397191269232355..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: My Dinner with IndiaDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-2288650214959195442010-06-19T16:35:50.466-04:002010-06-19T16:35:50.466-04:00When I was working at that large software company ...When I was working at that large software company in the Pacific Northwest, I worked with a fair number of Indians. No big surprise of Indians that have the intelligence and resources to make it to the US, but they were of the higher caste. Woah nelly, you should have heard them talk about the Indian variant of affirmative action. A more forceful condemnation I don't know I have ever heard. On the other hand, it sounds like it's a lot more drastic over there than over here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-66872259960094392422010-06-19T10:55:25.123-04:002010-06-19T10:55:25.123-04:00Peter: this is a question better put to Razib Kha...Peter: this is a question better put to Razib Khan, but my understanding is that the castes are heavily endogamous and have been for some time. So my expectation is that <em>now</em> they constitute genetic groupings.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-75754425104071765682010-06-19T10:21:53.996-04:002010-06-19T10:21:53.996-04:00Does India's caste system have a breakdown alo...Does India's caste system have a breakdown along genetic groupings, or is it a social class issue, as though today's income distribution was ossified and handed down as a class hierarchy?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16606805646193885970noreply@blogger.com