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That isn't even right because almost every single victim of caste discrimination is an Indian themselves. If there are caste allegations outside India, then it can only be from Indians themselves. Covering it under the wide umbrella of anti-India smear campaign is disingenuous at best.

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Yes and no.

Casteism is virtually a non-existent concept among the Indian diaspora in the West, who are mostly in the second generation or further, though the US is possibly an exception. If you asked an Indian person in Australia about casteism then they would look at you as if you were asking something about India history and implied they weren't Australian.

Furthermore casteism in the Indian American circles or even the Indian American IT industry may actually be worse than the casteism in India, because caste is a rare discussion point in the Indian tech world, and casteism is a less poignant issue in South India where most of the tech industry is based.

> Casteism is virtually a non-existent concept among the Indian diaspora in the West

Doesn't Cisco case deny this statement?

Which is why the "America might be a different case" was added. I suspect that the casteism was allowed to flourish among some Indian Americans, whereas in India the casteism was actively dismantled (and to how the IT industry is primarily in areas where casteism is less). Indian diaspora in the rest of the West were more middle class and probably did not care for caste at all in the first place.

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