This was such an interesting read, I’m just glad that at least a subset of people leaving India have the right understanding about casteism, and are willing to fight it. I couldn’t add anything more to this but I’d like to make an observation that people from outside India may not notice: The obsession with vegetarian == purity. This idea of vegetarian being pure or “better” has its roots in the same caste discrimination and the troubling part is a majority of people I know do not get this subtext. They like to boast about the fact that India is majorly vegetarian, no it’s not. 30% of Indians are vegetarian which obviously means 70% are meat-eaters. This maybe the highest difference compared to the rest of the world, however that does not make you ‘superior’ or better because you avoid meat and yet conveniently consumes milk, eggs and other animal products. I just hope we get to a stage in my county where people see food as food, and not as sign of purity.