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Despite the country’s claims to be a sleek 21st-century meritocracy, the habits of centuries of discrimination and social exclusion are not so easily shaken.

 

India is modernizing at a rapid pace, but some old class problems rooted in the caste system are still visible.  This is part of a large series called “Breaking Caste” with some excellent videos, articles and personal vignettes to humanize the struggles of those at the bottom of the social hierarchy.   

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