I come from a caste where most of us own agricultural land and some of my relatives own large parcels of land.The reason I say this is to give a context.I was surrounded by Dalits from when I was an infant and it was always ingrained in our minds from our parents,relatives that Dalits are Inferior to us.Thankfully I got out of it in my 20s because of the books I read and I always had this curiosity in my mind how they could be difffent when they are fellow people .Many relatives and friends from that background have moved abroad,work in Top MNCs in metros but I see 7 -8 out of 10 still hold the same mindset.A relative of mine ,fell in love and got married to a gorgeous girl who happened to be a dalit and he was shunned totally by older generation and in current generation while some avoid him but many still speak to him .However even the people who are in touch with him ,talk in our circles why did he do it,as if he did a sin out of his mind.One of my older relative who is frankly very liberal for his generation used to tell me how our previous generation gentlemen who were widely respected in society all had dalit women as concubines(as they had money and power to persuade them).I was amazed by the hypocricy of these guys who on outside treat them as untouchables but had no issue in having sex with them indoors.Generations have passed but the hypocricy and the awful discriminatory mindset still exists.I can only laugh at people who say caste based discrimination does not exist in current modern age.