With reservations - Business and caste in India.(Viewpoint essay)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: October 6, 2007 | Copyright information

Chipping away in the hierarchy

India's government is threatening to make companies hire more low-caste workers

A 23-YEAR-OLD dressed in white pyjama trousers and a black over-shirt represents two worlds in India that know almost nothing of each other. One is fast growing, but tiny: the world of business. Strolling through the Californian-style campus in Bangalore that serves as the headquarters of Infosys, a computer-services company, she grins and declares herself glad. Her brother, she adds shyly, is so proud that she is an "Infoscion".

He is in the rural world ...

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