The real problem isn't reservations. It’s that our country doesn't have enough opportunities for bright students in general. Take NEET as an example: in 2023, over 2.1 million students competed for just 120,000 MBBS seats. That's less than 6% of applicants getting in. Even if reservations didn't exist, the majority of students (from all categories) would still miss out. What we really need is more seats, better colleges, and accessible resources for everyone because removing reservations won't magically solve the problem. Reservations aren't about unfair advantages, the literacy rate for SCs is 66.1% and for STs it's 58.4%, compared to 82.2% for upper castes. Without reservations, these inequalities would only deepen. I know it can feel frustrating when someone with a lower score gets in, but we have to consider the systemic hurdles marginalized students face. Most NEET qualifiers (over 85%) come from private coaching institutes, which many SC/ST students simply can't afford. And even with reservations, they make up less than 15% of students in top institutions like ITs and AllMS, despite having a 22.5% quota. That tells you how much harder they have to fight to even get there. Rather than targeting reservations, we should push for real solutions: more seats, better colleges, and equal access to resources. Blaming marginalized groups for a broken system only distracts from the real problem.
@@dontmisimi you can't just assume that many of us (upper caste) come from private coaching institutes. And what about fees?? Reservation is not a problem there it seems?? We have to literally pay 7-8 lakhs upfront and lower caste can get admitted into top universities with a lower score and paying in what 1000 rupees? These entrance exams are there because of the Indian mass population. More than 65% of the population is st/sc if you are so poor why do these people have so many kids if they can't afford kids. Look at China the Gaokao exam is the most difficult in the world and there are no reservations That's why China's economy is going to cross the USA in some estimated years. I really appreciate how you said we need more resources as the entire Indian education system is rigid.. but again you were saying how it's difficult for them to get into colleges l mean yes it is but our (upper caste) chances are even less than 1%???
@@dontmisimi l also don't have time to reply to your shit everytime.. you are here as a political speaker so kindly mind your language if you can't take a opinion from someone that's your problem
@Arpit_Explains what happens is the proof. Otherwise whole world knows india have caste system. Because foreigners don't come under it, they don't care... Make a video , I'm working on mine
@@workoutaccount1931 nope! The realness of the comment flee over your mushy soft brain! This comment was understandable to an average reader. Guess whose iq is low?
I am a Rajput, most of my close friends are Brahmins and Rajputs. This was sheer coincidence, we became friends first and asked each other's castes like years later. A friend of ours, a very studious one at that, achieved almost 100% in all the exams he tried, be it competitive or school exams. Later I got to know he's from a lower caste, but the man wanted to prove himself and he did. That he got in on merit 100%, no special treatment, Really surprised me that he was driven to prove himself so bad, can't imagine the remarks he had heard. Not from us, anyway. Still a close friend to this day.
I wish I was like him. I also want prove that I can do it without any advantage. I can understand concepts but I am not able to score. Thankfully my friends do not talk about caste and sh*t at least in front of me. I am studying in good school so that can be a reason. I am really grate full that I got supportive parents specially my father who is professor. As long as I don't talk about my caste everything will go smooth. Right now no one has insulted me on basis of caste and I hope it continues this way and work hard like my upper caste friends (this is first time I have yapped about my caste in internet because of your video).
It takes courage for a 20 something to talk about her caste openly, especially when media stays mum and parents tell you keep your mouth shut about it forever. We need more people like you who wear their caste as a badge of honor. In my opinion, this video is more relatable than an upper class Brahmin lecturing people about casteism.
@@khanshiranyor3974 u really need to get out there and see for yourself, the people from upper castes has been doing it all these years .and yet I haven't seen anyone from lower caste talking openly about it like her.
@@Suzy1688 So, the upper caste has been doing it for years. Ok. So we should tell people to copy the upper caste? Edit : to make my point clear I am adding this here. I am against normalising caste-pride. It's stupid no matter who does it.
1st ill start with Ambedkar didn't read our own literal from Sanskrit he read the flawed English translated version and even he said that he didn't get the intricacies of indian casts.
@@swapnilravindra3346 That's a very good question. The constitution of India does not allow anyone to perform a murder & it is prohibited, but how come we see it nearly every day?
Casteism is deeply rooted in indian culture and history but over the years it's meaning has been morphed to support the narratives of political campaigns and for creating an illusion of superiority over the others. There are a lot of minorities who still need the reservation as a means of economic upliftment but the general public need a deeper level of understanding of the same. Kudos to you for discussing this matter
Most caste-politics are about freebies, though? The majority of India isn't upper caste, and the majority isn't as educated or financially well off. There have been systemic problems for centuries, but appealing to vote banks with freebies is a slippery slope. The most caste-superiority politics is done by OBC jaats, ironically.
@@Vk9970-p3btell your so called upper caste people to stop doing discrimination, exclusion, atrocities etc on the basis of someone's CASTE.. Problem solve😇
@@Vk9970-p3btell your so called upper caste people to stop doing discrimination, exclusion, atrocities etc on the basis of someone's CASTE.. Problem solve😇
@@Vk9970-p3btell your so called upper caste people to stop doing discrimination, exclusion, atrocities etc on the basis of someone's CASTE.. Problem solve😇
As a privileged person who is from ST, I have seen people criticize me for getting benefits of reservation even though I belong to a pretty well to do household. And honestly, they are right in that feeling that this is unjust because i dont need those reservations. However, the hypocrisy starts when I see those very people say things that are so discriminatory. I scored 97% in my 10th boards and have been good academically. One day a friend of mine (who didnt know yet that I wasn't from gen) was talking bout how people from ST and SC are so laid back and dont bother studying and how they are so disgusting living in villages and getting married at 15 (this is a just a part of the many things she said)and then she had the audacity to tell me that "oh you're good at studies because youre from general na?" And i was so miffed at how they were talking that i couldnt even tell them I was from ST because they would have ditched me then and there(Mind you, this same friend was always one of the low graders that barely passed and she was from gen so idk maybe she forgot about the term "potential"). So yeah, people say they dont want reservation because discrimination no longer persists and the same ones do shi like this. They need to understand that discrimination isnt always in stuff like not letting people sit next to them and other things but also in the little things they do. Get rid of your discriminatory mindset first then talk bout getting rid of reservations
Can't agree more, I have seen majority of these general hypocrites(not all) who have this type of mindset are actually losers, barely manage to pass and score average grades. They exaggerate so much to a certain level that they blame the reservation system. People have the tendency to complain a lot than finding solution . I have never seen successful candidates complain, because they know complaining won't help. Yes indeed I understand this can be frustrating for general people when they see stable SC/ST people make it through unfair advantage. Me being from SC/ST also fall under this bracket. Instead of complaining we should reduce the cap of reservation for privileged SC/ST people and at the same time caste discrimination should be observed in rural areas where it's peak still after 75 years.
Jyada woke na ban... don't say you are privileged so you don't need reservations...Your money won't matter when they'll give you less marks than general category and kick you out from many jobs just because you're SC. They don't give a shit about your privilege.
@@parthaprabaldas7548 The thing is not everyone is a top level student. Gen category needs to work extra extra hard and be at the top while other categories have to work bare minimum
@@hallofsilence8992it is more than 70 years since the reservation is implemented if despite being for such a long time it isn't able to change your situation then it won't change it in the future also which means it is useless. So it should be immediately removed
@@Vk9970-p3balso, financial situation of st/sc in some areas have increased. We still need reservation so that financial condition of st/sc in other areas can get better.
Chal be jhuthe I 've lived in mumbai Bangalore and pune And we dont ask caste or religion before making friends Many Sc St friends of mine visit temple with me
i feel like caste is not talked abt much (how discrimination is still rampant) all i heard was how things are so much better and trust me most ppl are still ignorant. we need to keep having these conversations. soo glad u made a video abt it. lots of love
Will reservation remove castism? What a weird analogy. U have got political rights u guys r in majority who do u fear? Take stand of urself u are not innocent anymore. Even st sc themselves don't marry in their different caste go to south india brhamans r mocked there too
You should also talk about online hate against Brahmin and you should also talk about how Brahmin and others UCs are being attacked but you will not talk about this because this doesn't fit your caste discrimination narrative
@RubenAmorim10 exactly all the things are simple she is liberal Feminist who doesn't believe in Hinduism but will cope about caste system every day will talk about patriarchy and how it's all men it's pretty easy to guess things about these librandus
love your videos, as someone who got good marks 96% in 12th grade and due to my obc reservation, I was able to make it to one of the best economics college in the country. But I saw a sudden shift in the attitude of my other friends as they couldn''t get into top colleges. One even proceed to say that if he were me, he would have never taken admission through reservation. Mind you, I am the first generation woman from my family who even get to go to college. In our country, women from backward classes are more suppressed than men from same caste because patriarchy:)
"In our country, women from backward classes are more suppressed than men from same caste because patriarchy", wtf? women in general are suppressed than men . this has nothing to do with "backward or upper caste".
Lol who was chandragupta morya n chola empire is joke to h? There were not upper caste n women of every caste were quite same. N read some history girl there has been enough of brave women from st sc bruh meh what a victim mentality u have. And by the way u are Choudhary ur people r known to be pridey u guys don't feel discrimination thank god u took onc because my choudhary rich friends even took st sc💀 reservation how can i stay same with her like wtf? She is tall n fair have good house cars yet how could she take sc reservation 💀?
@@ankansenapati3600exactly. Only brhamans r mocked n left accountable for we r 5% n we get mocked for being castist while other caste who themselves won't marry into different caste enjoy mild life😂
The funny thing is caste discrimination will never leave India. Even if the entire lower caste population disappears (hypothetically), some other caste would take the lable of being the new 'Lower Caste'. Humans just need a reason to discriminate among themselves. Caste discrimination/reservation is never a issue of economic status, it's a issue of morality.
Discrimination exist everywhere humans r creatures who love to feel superiors. There r enough of brittishers who believe on their aryan history n mock indian 24/7 n other raves they call us ugly n weak make fun of every asians wid small eyes or small height its a way of castism too. The only thing u can do is recognise ur power take stand be proud of ur identity
And lastly in 2024 discrimination is ofcourse issue of economics. don't trip. Earn well even latinas will worship u. Don't earn well even a dwarf won't want you
@@namankapoor3341 cast discrimination existed in all counties. Do u know how it Disappeared? By banning it and not talking about the cast at all but it's not possible in India thanks to reservations and cast politics
@@vp-lv6yk kinda most sensible comment and in assam and bengal ppl don't shit about ghaste, coz there is no ghaste politics i didn't know I was an obc until the entrance, i have told my friends consisting of gc obc sc st, ppl didn't give a damn
This is so my experience. I am sc with a changed surname and preparing for NEET. My friends on the other hand have no idea about my caste and I often hear them passing casteist remarks and stating how unfortunate they are to be born in an upper caste family. It used to break my heart and I always thought that I'll be taking something away from them if I get selected and they didn't. I discussed it with my father as well and all though he is a DSP yet he faces discrimination from his seniors and folks and he told me to take up every opportunity that I get to make my career. I know that I'll never be able to tell my friends about my caste because of my fear of judgement and discrimination. Edit: Let me adress a few things here for people who don't understand my point. Even if reservation is removed, 98% of you general caste peeps still won't get a government college but I yet don't see enough people holding the government accountable. Although I do understand student's frustration but removing reservation will still keep you frustrated plus you'll have no one to bash when you don't get selected. You're never truly gonna understand caste based discrimination until you are someone from a marginalized category. Having financial success does not mean a person is entirely free from caste-based discrimination. Like I mentioned my father facing discrimination, my uncle's office colleagues not wanting to eat at his house, my cousin sister who wanted to be identified as who she is but latter changed her surname because of the bullying in school are just few examples of discrimination amongst the so called "creamy layered" society. And don't even get me started about 'ch*mar' being an offensive swear word thrown around by people just so casually as if it's not someones literal caste. If it wasn't for reservation I would wouldn't even be able to speak up in front of upper caste people. Not being able to open up about my caste to my friends was less about NEET and more about the fear of being looked down upon and social segregation. Many of you might argue that you'll never discriminate but I can't help but notice caste being mentioned everywhere, from nasty but huge influencers like Rajat Dalal to Instagram bio mentioning "proud kshatriya". Don't get me wrong it's great that you're proud of who you are but then why are you making me feel so inferior that my only way out is to change my identity. I hope that I made myself clear and if you just wanna talk about reservation and never caste discrimination then you can cry about it forever. Even foreigners see and sometimes even mock India for it's rigid caste system (like pewdiepie) but Indians are still either participating in it or just being downright ignorant. If you're still pissed about NEET then hate the game, not the player.
i understand and i was warned against the same because people have such fixed mentalities but it will reveal a lot about “friends” around you. people who know you will know how capable you are, they will respect you beyond stupid things like caste. you don’t need to justify and tell them a sob story about your family’s experiences for them to have basic empathy towards you. be proud of what you are and thats how things will change. it’s the least we can do for the people who have suffered before us and are still suffering.
understand their situation too, you're talking about NEET, which is hell for general category peeps, even 650+ isn't enough nowadays, whereas for SC/ST peeps, even 400 is enough to get in. now obviously, the cutoffs are low because most SC/ST peeps are not in good conditions, but yes, the ones which are, get an unfair advantage, which the general students are frustrated about. i understand this problem very well, by changing surnames, you may avoid some of the remarks you may get, but on the other hand, that leaves no meaning to the "reservation is for representation" agenda, if you can't stand for yourself. all in all, our country has flaws, nothing can be done. edit: (just so y'all know, i'm a general category male)
so many capable students shouldn’t be fighting over a mere number of seats to begin with. it’s not the fault of SC/ST students but the lack of accessible higher education and infrastructure in general. the pressure should be on the government to create more opportunities instead of hating on lower caste students who are literally changing their surnames and identities to not face discrimination. general category students often benefit from cultural capital, access to better guidance, mentorship, and preparatory resources that SC/ST students typically lack. this unseen advantage is rarely acknowledged in such discussions.
ur father is a dsp which means reservation has served its purpose and no way in hell should u be given reservation....but here we are.....u justifying reservation cuz u hear some of the boys in ur class saying 'xyz' truth is no amount of reservation will be of anyuse to you till u suffer from this debilitating case of lack of confidence. Know that even if u end up becoming a doctor cuz of reservation it will always be cuz of reservation and u will never be as good as the general candidates who worked hard and got the seat despite leaches like you
I felt so validated after watching this. As a "creamy layer" lower caste person ,there aren't many places where out internal struggles and experiences are talked about. Despite our economic privilege we still experience caste in though in a less sinister way. Thank you so much for talking about it , it must have been really hard to decide if you want to talk about it or not on such a public platform which can lead to people further dissect you.
dude ive literally never seen anyone talk about this or met anyone whose parents had given them a diff surname to shield them from casteism, like ive literally lied to so many people about why my surname is diff from my parents', dude this video healed something in me THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO
my cousins have diff surnames than their parents too. My surname makes ppl think I'm from maharashtra (for some reason) so i don't get discriminated as much
I'm from bihar bodhgaya and you'll not believe that most of my classmates like 98% have Kumar as their surname no matter they are sc, st, obc or general.
I am open about my caste and religion. I have been discriminated against in school and still i get taunts like why do you people get reservation? You cannot be intelligent like us, Bhimte, lower castes have lowly thoughts. But I don't care. I am proud of my Mahar people who fought against this discrimination.
Same here bro...i am also from mahar community...and i am from sangola city ( taluka )and i am the only one And I am the top mobile video editor and graphic designer in our city...I have 25k followers on insta...And I have film editor yes but I have money problem and that is stopping my progress...
We are not Mahar anymore we are Buddhist now, anyways we should be proud of who we were earlier i.e. Mahar..who were used to keep a lathi with them and keep a watch at the boundary of villages for outsiders and probable threat to villages, basically to maintain peace and order in the village…also Mahar were considered brave and courageous for doing this job.
U shouldn't be insecure bout ur caste . UC people generally Mock rich st sc who get reservation. If u are poor st sc u deserve reservation n ur caste is ur identity u should never be insecure don't forget we all eat out nobody asks ur caste or where u are eating so they don't jate u for ur caste hate u for taking reservations while u are rich🙃 I'd love to be ur friends I've manu friends online n ofline. Altho i broke my friendship with highschool once cus they mocked my dad for being poor yes I'm UC. They were rich thus i hate them for getting reservation livin' in cities nobody even discriminates🤷 besides reservation won't shut the mouth of people
I am ST student and was a one of the top students of my school, in music, academics and sports as well. Nobody would say anything about my caste but whenever there were discussion about jee, they would say, abe tera to jaega yaar kyu padh rha and so on. It would literally make me think what do they think deep inside their heart cuz they are studying their ass off
But talking about my parents, both are government servents and they do face racism in workplace, my father doesn't share it with me but with my mom, and my mom tells me everything. My cousin who is currently preparing for state psc tells everyone that he is obc cause everyone in the coaching including teacher make fun of st and sc
When I was selected for JNV, my art teacher also passed a racist remarks about us in 6th grade but none of them understood and I did. He literally said that they we have less brain but in a manipulate way, I still remember it
But when I was in senior grades, most of my friends we're so open minded about religion and casteism, I think most of them didn't mean it when they would say, abe mat padh ho jaega tera, our class topper was rajput and he and me were the best duo of our school, cuz we were almost similar
@@jiminshi06 lemme tell you something recently my computer teacher was doing these castiest things, he said no matter tum kisi bhi position pe chale you will have your caste trait and then he said I was in a school for copy checking. When I was about to finish my work, a women came enter in the room with tea. She gave it to everyone and then ask for 10 rupees despite of the fact that tea was from school so it's show that these people don't have self respect . He was from yadav caste so I said him wdyn sir like you're from yadav caste and if you'll see some buffalo anywhere you'll start to process for milk and the whole class burst into laughter 😂😂
The content she serves is literally the best. Your school life and russian girls videos and now on caste, I mean you know how to serve content on the ground reality. Do more reserach on this kinda topics, people will definetly love it💗.
@@feather-l1g how and what she makes things up? Can you please explain? May be she is new in this field that's why I told her to do more research, right? 😊
@@RitikaSingh-ki7jcyou are singh i don't think u have faced any discrimination lol so idk what ua whining n yes u people don't deserve reservation neither. By caste maybe by economic conditions
Guuurrrllll I started following you for your make-up skills but your videos hit DIFFERENT. The way you talk about those cringe ass topics like Russian jokes , caste jokes n all trashy meme culture that literally trigger me too- so on point 💯 RESPECT ✊🏻you're so real , so amazing 💗
I'm a Brahmin and I don't support caste system. Before ending the reservation, we have to fight against the caste system collectively. Caste based discrimination is very dangerous for our nation.
most Hindutva guys are with you on this one but why people get bitter because they are facing unequal opportunities even tho they havent oppressed any one.
We were taught. We were TAUGHT that casteism is a thing of the past. I belong to an "upper caste" family / surname, hence because I never experienced casteism and my friends, majority of whom were in the same social strata as me, genuienly believed it to have gone out of power for a long long time. But the stats don't lie. Unfortunately most people even around me refuse to acknowledge this even with the info provided. I was living in ignornace for 18 years and more. 18 YEARS?!!!
same i am from general but my cousin is SC we are of same age and his economic condition is bit better than me . We are good buddies but at a below level I was jealous of him because he had an upper hand both financially and reservation wise and I always used to argue that if the govt. was that concerned about people they should just give reservations to people who are financially weaker thinking that this inequality doesn’t exist because I used to ask him if he faced any and he said no but now seeing that infact this discrimination still exists shocks me in majority parts of India .
@@Vk9970-p3b Y'all often demand justification for reservation but never acknowledge casteism-the very tool of oppression and the primary reason reservation exists in the first place.
Casteism on the Indian internet at least wasn't as common in the early days (i.e. 2019 and before) The democratization of the internet brought the most regressive illiterate people online.
Fr, been using internet since MTNL days and Indian internet communities weren't this toxic. Jio revolution should've never happened. No wonder why we get cooked so bad in the rest of the world
@cocaa_colaaa you're right, a lot of Instagram comments are predatory towards minors and I can guarantee at least 30% of these people are masking their true identity beneath "Dark Humor" Another thing is these people genuinely tweak out when you make fun of God or the military (they suddenly hate dark humor now)
Earlier before jio, broadband internet was a luxury and there weren't many lower caste people on the internet anyways, so there was nothing to be casteist against online.
I'm so glad you spoke up about this. It takes a lot of courage to talk about caste. You're amazing for doing that. This video really resonated with me. I'm going to share it with others, especially those who live in a bubble saying 'ThiNgS LikE CaSte DoN't eXisT'.. thank u once again
unless they're rich, i don't know what kind of idiot doesn't think caste doesn't exist. if you're poor and from a lower caste, you must've experienced discrimination. if you're poor and from an upper caste, you must've experienced anger and disappointment at seeing people half as qualified get positions you deserved.
So u want reservation in bollywood?? 😂 Think before what u are saying. We are living in 21th century,I don't support Casteism but that girl is saying one sided story and promoting bullshit agenda..
A friend of mine narrated an incident wherein his so-called upper caste colleague berated another so-called lower caste colleague saying, " At home, we won't even share the same table with the likes of you". Hopefully, awareness would root out casteism someday.
@@Vk9970-p3bbecause if there was no reservation then lower caste people won't have the chances to earn money they have right now. Like the person said how the upper class treated his colleague shows he is just tolerating the person because of reservation system.
@@Vk9970-p3b The casteism is insane, them upper class teachers might give low grade to SC and ST studs because of the hatred Ee deserve reservation, I'm not trusting upper caste people
I am SC and i live in Tripura,let me tell you what happened with me,when i was 9 years old there was a baisnav seva in our Village,i touched the baisnav when i was playing and he was eating,he got up and went out took cow dung and mixed with water and sprinkled on her,no one said nothing,we are not allowed to go near the Durga puja bhog or touch the pandit directly while he was doing puja,when we moved to the city ,the house owner wont drink even water from our house,thats the condition we are living in i am very eager to leave the country and settle abroad,i have lost belief in both my religion and my country.
its understandable for you to loose faith in your believes but i warn you dont take up a new one.. other faiths are more cruel than your previous one if you deep dive into it
According to Bagavadgita whoever did this kind of discriminatory act to you is the real Ignorant shoodra (untouchable - who can't able to reach his divinity(higher Consiousness like buddha) ) Kings/dictator/politicians use people ignorance to divide and rule them cast is one of that ignorance.
Yet u guys get the biggest reservation like 90% of muslims in west india get onc reservation how funny 😂 India h politicians don't give a shit of country' just need votes to ensure they win
One thing I want to add. People who says castism only exist in rural india, just google castism in top companies in google, apple , netflix etc that to in USA. Because when upper caste go their they take their castist mindset with them.
Bruhh if congress doesnt have a parsi mp it doesn't mean congress doesn't support parsi's it just comes out to be that they don't have parsi mp. The same is with jobs just because it comes out to be that upper caste people are seated in good posts doesn't mean that they gone till there by Casteism
From a completely logical standpoint : people from "upper" castes have nothing to do with this shi. It's just that those people working for those companies have enough money to work abroad. I am half upper caste and I don't have the money to work or study abroad, yet I can't apply for FAIR scholarships without hoping someone less deserving got the scholarship just because they're lower so they get more pity from the education board. Why? What did I do? By your victim mindset, this isn't castism though is it? 🙂
honestly i can't even put it into words how much i relate.. from being shielded about these topics, to not being confident enough to speak out about this within friend-circles, to understanding so much of generalized casteism around myself later on in life. Its a whole experience. I m so inspired by u having the courage to speak up on this topic.
Growing up, I didn't really know much about caste, but I was always aware that my parents' relatives were poor. My father had the opportunity to work in the central government thanks to reservations. I didn't face much discrimination because of his hard work, but I still heard remarks like, "Tujhe toh achi college mil jayegi", when applying for colleges. I got into a really good college in Gujarat, but that's when I started feeling outcast. Our roll numbers were assigned based on merit; with a total strength of over 300, the students were divided into five groups. The first two groups were those who got into the college through JEE, and groups 3 and 4 were those who got in through ACPC/Gujcet. I was in group 4. I often heard my juniors make fun of people from groups 3&4 for not knowing proper English, as most were from the Gujarat state board. Even though I was a CBSE student, hearing those comments was very humiliating. Throughout my life, people kept asking me what kind of "Patel" I was, only for me to realize later that they were actually asking about my caste. I can't really complain much-I had a privileged life thanks to my dad. But sometimes, I'm reminded of the differences when I see others living the kind of life I might have had if my family's background were different. Great video, though! I would like to add a few things about how we can see casteism on social media, too. People from lower backgrounds are often labeled "chapri" and are constantly mocked for the way they dress and present themselves. A lot of it might seem cringey, but calling something "cringe" and calling it "chapri" are very different, in my opinion.
You used reservation to get into a college you didn't deserved, snatched someone else's seat who must have been way better than you, and now you cry that they don't put in a pedestal in your college and they divide based on merit why won't they?? You want reservation in everyday life as well as much as you can right ???? Way to create an inefficient nation.
this video was very much needed!! as a person who's studying in a school with all these "upper caste" people and has to listen to "discussion" about caste that is shallow and biased on a daily basis., this video was a breath of fresh air
this was SO NEEDED, I (Sc) myself preparing for NEET see so many ppl only spazzing on reservations saying sc/st are as rich as general and stuff like that but fail to realize that reservations have never been about the lower caste being "financially" equal rather socially
Lmfaooo also so what if few sc's are rich and well to do, not to mention there might be sc's who are rich but rarely if not never a brahmin who is doing manual labour work like working to clean the streets etc... goes to show the proviledge tgey have as well lol
Then where is reservation for africans? Who were enslaved faced apartheid? What's this nonsense then? Where is reservation for ugly indians who get treated like shit in america?🙁 Where is reservation for slit eues chinease who get generalised for eating dogs even if only 5% of them eat😶 Where is reservation for jews? Where is reservation of kashmiri pandits?🙁
Reservations are not making you socially equal they are further broadening the divide, If I got into a cllg at score 650 I can never see someone with 450 as my equal
1:47 ....my parents are upper caste brahmin bhumihars from Bihar and I've (born n raised in Delhi) always wondered why , i was never given a surname . Kaafi late I come to know about all the horrors of caste violence and brutality that has stained my home state . They wanted me to never be identified with my caste or background in public and professional surroundings , almost like yours did to shield you .
i have faced this too, I found out I'm sc during my entrance too, my parents never disclosed it to me till then, because they don't believe in that too but I've seen extreme lower caste discrimination and I'm glad I was safe from it, my perspective just drastically changed since then, I still don't don't disclose my caste because who tf cares, I'm well educated and cultured and thats what matters, nowadays due to internet sanatanism these things are coming back, the hate I've seen always makes me fear the people around. Indian society will evolve the day they leave castism behind
I'm from OBC I didn't knew about caste system until I moved to India from abroad. Because in school it was quite prevelant to ask about caste for admission, exams etc. When I was abroad we barely know about caste it was just Indians regardless of caste. Caste discrimination will be wiped out only if caste system is removed from India. But no political party has balls to remove caste system from India since it is good for their vote bank politics. Reservation won't solve the issue as its been 70+ years already & there aren't much changes in the society. Discrimination won't exist if other people don't know the caste of other person. Ban caste from matrimonial sites, educational institutions, caste surnames etc. Then we will have real changes. Financial assistance should be given to economically backward families instead. Else we are already witnessing brain drain in India due to many smart talents moving abroad.
I agree with you. the reservation system in educational institutions had led to a cycle of discrimination and hatred wherein the lower caste get benefits due to discrimination and the upper caste discriminate against them because they are favoured and the so the cycle continues.
@@VinayashaPaswan-nn9vd Problem is same last name alone won’t solve the issue. Eradicating caste system & no caste based name is better step. In Bihar people still ask for caste which is why same last name isn’t doing much.
Thank you for shedding light on this important topic Misimi. I wish you strength and happiness. I deeply resonate with your thoughts, as this issue is incredibly prevalent yet often overlooked. As a design graduate with a Master's degree from IIT Kanpur, I have witnessed its reality and the profound impact it can have on one's life. Fortunately, I’ve been fortunate to meet remarkable individuals who recognized my merit and potential beyond caste biases. However, I’ve also encountered others who casually dismissed me in ways one wouldn’t even anticipate. Let’s continue striving for equality, standing up for every individual, and dismantling the superficial notion of so-called ‘pure blood’ superiority. At our core, we are all the same.
U are so true. All my life i have been told by my parents not to tell my caste to the people around me so that i don't have to face discrimination. It's also true that how much my fellow classmates used to talk about being proud of their caste and being told by their upper caste families to not sit or even talk with the lower caste people. Let alone the fact that i was in an ICSE school still i had to see all of this happening around me. Till this day i feel ashamed and my mind goes blank when someone asks me about my caste. The fear that i have is can't be described. Fear of losing the ones who were with me all these years is scary. But i am glad that i have also met few people who doesn't ask me about my caste two minutes in to the conversation , and just loves me for who i am. And Just to show u what living in india being from a lower caste feels like - me and my family lives in a Punjabi colony ( No hate to all the Punjabis out there but what i am going to say is not really Just about you ) so people in my colony always avoid talking with us . Specially the aunties , they always make my mom feel very excluded from all the kitty parties , evening walks, they even avoid talking with my mum . Like just being sweet in front of her but never wanting to include her like a normal human. Not only this but I have heard countless stories from my mother of her being discriminated throughout her life. My mother is is well educated and now she is a teacher, but one thing that is different between my mum and these people is that my mother always teach her students to never discriminate , treat everyone equally no matter the gender or colour. It's really not about the caste it's about the kind of person u are.
@@VinayashaPaswan-nn9vd tell me you failed history classes without telling me you failed history classes.Many historians debunked Aryan invasion theory by saying it is complete BS. you are one Google search away from reality but you still believe on WhatsApp forwards what a clown 🤡
girl trust me people will say and drag you left and right with hate and false prespectives they will bring there one incident of life and will try to prove u wrong, shut ur voice down in the name of being dank and dark humor but u just don't stop seriously keep going girl internet needs more opinionated girls like you who stay head strong on there opinions.
One good thing that happened in Tamil Nadu is that, we try to avoid adding Caste based Surnames to our names. And yes, most of the present day generation is actually following it. Like, my name is just 'Linkesh' and nothing else. I strongly recommend this practice and should be appreciated across the country. I believe if we do this, we are getting one step out of casteism in India. And to people who speak against and openly disgrace Caste based reservation for equal representation and educational opportunities, just ask them back: which one of these came first: was it the caste based discrimination or the caste based reservation? Obviously if this question is answered, everybody will understand that, the "reservation" is the EFFECT because there is a CAUSE that is "Caste based discrimination."
This video is highly researched, and I truly appreciate the effort that you put into studying and presenting information about casteism and reservations in such a thoughtful manner. As someone from an oppressed class, I feel proud to see someone tackling this important issue especially that someone is from the ‘lower class’. Blatant hate and caste discrimination on social media is so very real. I even stopped using Instagram and Reddit for the same reason. Interestingly, the same people who do this discrimination usually cry out on the internet when they see racist posts or videos against Indians. Thank you for making this video, and please keep up the great work!
This was a good video. This country really hates conversation about this. You shared your experience about your friends otherizing you when it came to reservations and entrance exams, I have people who I called friends once completely alienate me and they did not hesitate to verbally call out my "privilege", it was so strange, I knew that would happen but it still sucked. Choose your friends wisely, work on yourself !
I'm upper caste poor guy. N when i got to know of reservation in 11th n they mocked my dad once i left them too. They were rich yet took st sc reservation i still don't know which category does Choudhary come in but few of choudhary friends took st sc reservation instead of obc. Rich st sc obc Don't deserve reservation. Thats major reason of college dropouts
Ykw girl I was planning id make a yt channel for dalit youth to feel empowered, so that they feel comfortable in themself. But i see u today doing that thank u soo much
@Prachi-or6tx ykw I was planning. As a teen I've faced a lot of self identity issues, changing surnames, hidding caste and even your place of belonging. Bruh, thats a lot to process and hinders your growth I was gonna make a video about how we, youth should learn to accept that and make ourselves better
@@ShravSukh sorry that I used it I thought you knew it but it's okay this is the word we tribal people use alot. It means completely devoted to the nature I've translated this from Hindi to English hehehe प्रकृति के प्रति संपूर्ण समर्पण का भाव ही जोहार है"
6:40 ...who gets paid for wearing a janeu ? and what sort of janeu is that u just take gifts and not give them back more than what u received ....because as far as ik ...i have seen quite a lot of janeu happening ..some of them in my intimate family itself ...we know how much we have to spend for this function its not a one day thing .......and its not just a thread u wear there's alot more to it ...dont term it as a symbol of upper castes and obv nobody questions it if they get benefits from it ...same as how lower cast supports reservation .....i mean ..for an exam that im studying day and night ....manage to get a decent score ...a random lower caste person who is probably more rich and has better facilities (because his parents too got reservation )..takes up a wayy better college then me after scoring less than half of what i did ......umm ...how fair does that sounds? ik there is caste system in india ...does not mean every sc st deserves a reservation ......because of these reservation many ineligible, not so qualified people take up the seats that an upper caste qualified student deserved ......
Yes, it’s fairly common in many families for ceremonies like the Janeu Sanskar to include gift-giving by relatives and guests. The amount can vary depending on the family’s traditions, financial status, and the number of attendees.
@@dontmisimi i mentioned that u even gift them back ..... which is mostly gold and cash ..so thats expensive too.....most cases u never really gain anything from these ceremonies .......basically its really unusual for anybody to "get" money. ...also its not a one day thing ...so u have to spend on alot more things for the accommodation of many guests for almost 10-15 days
@snehamishra8403 not hindi but I assume the child probably took the money and the parents had to pay the price of return gifts. Personal experience and observation .I'm muslim btw we also have caste quite prominent mostly in marriges though .I dont belive in though . Though boys can marry anyone they want it's a unfair system coming from a boy😅
@@dontmisimi you gift them back too, we had jaenu spend around 1 lack rupees got back 24000 you are not touching the topic and running away sister, I commented before watching the whole video holy sh... I commented on raised person video please be neutral
You yourself stated that growing up as a person in an urban setting, you didn't have much understanding of caste or even faced any discrimination UNTIL you sat for entrance exams. Because it's true than most people in cities, especially the younger generation, do not discriminate or even care about caste. It was you getting reservations that pissed off your general category friends, and rightfully so. Your maid's daughter will not get the reservation because people like you who don't NEED reservation, take it, and use it as an unfair advantage. I'm all for reservation as long the creamy layer, especially people with access to the best tutions, books and opportunities, are left out of it. That will help people from lower castes who are actually backward, from rural and underdeveloped places, and not just on paper. Imo, all the 'casteism' that you faced stemmed from watching a rich person with all facilities getting reservation, not actual casteist prejudices. And fyi, someone getting into your dream college with a rank that is triple of yours feels equally bad as the so called casteism you claim to have faced.
i think there is a creamy layer thing for obc people, because i myself didnt get a caste certificate because of my parents income. but i dont know if it exists for sc st people.
Your videos are too good and bold. Love your content and the fact that you neither commented on any caste or if someone's behavior is right or wrong and left the audience to see the right or wrong is appreciable
absolutely real, when i tell my friends that its STILL being practiced they are like nah we are genzs why would anyone discriminate blah blah but there are SO MANY PEOPLE WHO OPENLY DISCRIMINATE IN OUR CLASS BASED ON CASTE. one of them went "humara khoon toh kshatiryon ka hai whyd we even be friends with sc sts" ???????? Once one of them hatesd this guy for being a teachers pet toh she went "pakka sc st ka hoga mai toh inke kareeb bhi na jau"...and the reservation thing especially people dont consider ki sc st people do get in on the basis of merit as well! Whenever any sort of puja is done, my parents would call themselves lower caste and avoid touching the pandit directly. In the villages of my parents side, being an sc st our community people live at the very end of the village and no one of the upper caste would enter that side. My parents never told my about our caste until i got to know myself and asked about it, I was told not to tell anyone about it. At that time i thought no one could care less about my caste, but i was so wrong. Being rich or poor only affects how openly one is discriminated, if poor youll def be openly targeted and if not people will talk about it behing ur back, either ways u will be discriminated.
Just because some people discriminate based on caste does not mean that you were denied the same education and opportunities as the general students of your class. It's like saying that I was bullied in school because of my darker skin so I should get a reservation... Social discrimination is a sad reality, I agree. But the fact is that discrimination did not lead to opression or denial in education or opportunity. Hence the preferential treatment of reserved castes in selection in higher education and jobs create a unfair playing ground where students with same kind of education are treated differently, hence igniting more discrimination based on reservation and the sense of unfair unequality it gives to the SCs. the village experience you mentioned, I agree is a reality too. But not in Urban India, The above paragraph is in relation to the Urban Indian context, as for the Rural Indian context, I wholeheartedy agree that for the social and economic upliftment of Rural India and the SCs of Rural India, Proper reservations should be given to them because there the discrimination often penetrates their rural schools. But also a wider reservation must also be given to the economically weaker classes of India, because as you said discrimination is open in economically weak societies, where it starts to translates into opressive exclusionary acts. But to equate that with the discrimination of urban India is simply unequal and unjust since in urban settings it's a discrimination that never translates to anything, equal opportunity and education stays.
@@dewy_droplets that's the same as saying jail all men, because majority of criminals are men. But hardly 2 percent of the total male population are criminals
@@mr.d3051 I understand some of your perspective, but caste-based discrimination is deeply rooted and persists even in urban contexts, often in subtle tho impactful ways. Discrimination isn’t just about overt denial of education or opportunities; it even includes systemic and societal barriers that hinder confidence, integration, and access to informal networks critical for growth. Urban India may provide the same textbooks, but the psychological and social setbacks caused by exclusionary attitudes are significant. Reservations aim to address centuries of structural exclusion, not just immediate discrimination. They work to LEVEL a playing field where generational privilege still influences who gets access to opportunities and the influence of the upper caste in high positions. It’s also important to note that many SC/ST individuals succeed on merit, yet they are unfairly labeled as “beneficiaries of reservation,” which perpetuates stigma. Framing reservations as unfair overlooks their role in correcting systemic inequities and risks fueling resentment, which worsens the very discrimination they seek to reduce. Instead, I feel we gotta focus on addressing inequities without undermining the progress made through these policies.
@@CiskoLunar-mk3yw The "jail all men" analogy doesn’t fit here because caste discrimination isn’t about isolated actions but deeply ingrained biases that still exist-even among Gen Z. As you pointed out, people openly discriminate in class and beyond, making judgments based on caste regardless of merit or economic status. Reservations aren’t punishment but a way to level the field for communities that still face systemic bias. It’s not about individuals; it’s about fixing a larger issue.
I think this problem is deeply rooted to the core no matter how lenient you really are , some part of you is still the same . The problem with the reservation situation is , when as a general category student you see a vast difference in marks needed , it gets demotivating. But the thing that we can't see easily is that the "lower cast" (idk why we call it that) have been denied of information and opportunities that this actually uplifts the . I don't think reservation is the solution and i also know if not reservation then what ? I just dont understand this world and i am tired of it
This is a praiseworthy work you did Misimi ma'm. Thankyou for speaking on this problem. In Indian the main root cause of every problem indirectly or directly is So called casteism and its founding religion. And upper caste person argue reservation by saying foreign country rely on merit ((Since merit is subjective term))not on any quota system But they don't even know that America has given Reservation to black named as " Affirmative action" even in private sector along with public. Also say that Reservations should be on economic basis but when they do discrimination on any person they check the caste not economic standard .
Casteism isn't a problem that can be solved through reservation, in fact it will increase the heat between castes. Besides that the government should focus to support economically backwards people(whose "major part is lower caste"). The lack of "lower caste" people in higher ranks/jobs isn't only caused by casteism but majorly due to corruption and lack of qualifications which is problem for everyone. So government should focus on giving improving free and quality education and provide opportunities for economically weaker classes.
Reservation is just a representation of a particular community in the administration.It empowers the particular community in the discriminating society leads to improvement of social status. Brahmins are powerful not only due to Varna System or Brahman Dharma but also due to their participation in administrative power sharing.So get out of here, your idea is useless.
Unless you are able to erase thousands of years' worth of history and culture that actively promotes a societal hierarchy based on caste, and even harder re-educate the entire Indian population on TRUE principles of equality and a MODERN civic sense, then no, it is impossible. You may claim to have good intentions but don't contradict yourself by turning a blind eye to the reality that is that casteism is a system that is inherently discriminatory and incompatible with any form of 'equality' or 'equity', and that much like any power dynamic the upper castes will always defend it, willingly or not.
Just a thing that i have noticed is that in competitive examinations or any jobs the sc have 15 percent and sts have 7.5 percent thats like 22.5 percent reservation and the rest of the 27 percent belongs to obcs which was later introduced not by ambedkar, but the obcs will not be hated or taunted but these sc sts will be. Doesnt it sound fishy? everytime reservations comes up sc sts are blamed. Like bro its not even ¼th of the total. But again people need a reason to hate. Btw good video.
So glad to see more people of our generation talking about casteism. It is such a deep rooted problem and avoided by those who don't directly experience the horrors it has inflicted. Being from a Malayali Christian family, I myself never came to realise the depths of casteism that is still prevalent. My family never covered caste or even most societal issues for that matter. But, as I grew up, seeing the unfairness of Indian society made me delve deeper into the topic and realise how much casteism still affects literally every single part of the country. Now, living in the center of Urban Bangalore, just seeing how almost all of the BBMP workers, who wake up early every morning to clean the shit, literal and metaphorical, that the urban upper caste throw out every day are of lower caste, it makes me realise that caste has never left us. It will never go away, until we develop an education system which properly tackles societal issues including casteism, and until the government develops better reforms to help aid those that truly suffer from the caste system.
Being a ST category man, I just used to think (in school) that why people leave me after knowing my last name. And people say there's no casteism in 2024. Lol.
Thanks a lot for making this video!!!! The generation of our parents had a chance to break these casteism barriers by simply denying the ideology that their parents tried to push on them. But even educated Brahmins of that same generation not only have accepted it but also are actively propagating the same under the guise of "pRoTeCtiNg oUr CuLtUrE". Just like you said at 10:42 that casteism is still around us but better masked. This decision on our parents' part is what is indoctrinating upper caste youth into adhering to the same ideology, especially in these times of high academic and professional pressure where the youth is actively searching for someone to hate for all of their problems and failures. And I can say this about Brahmins because I am one. Casteism is so ingrained into our social lives that my parents had to point out these things behind the backs of our relatives and family to make sure we don't fall into such bs. And they couldn't do so openly because the Chinese whispers would've killed off their professional and social lives in our native state.
you think i don’t know that? thats the point of changing the surname so that it’s hard to tell the caste? are your 2 braincells working overtime and still can’t figure such a simple thing out?
I discovered what castism is like im college fr. To me, its insane how people, people we look up to or people who i assumed to be wise and old can so easily discriminate on the basis of where you were born, its like logic and morals just left the chat. My own parents discriminate, and when i questioned/challenged these opinions they would just mellow it out saying "you wont understand now, just know youre lucky '
I hope that made u realise that reservation can get u college easily but won't finish castism. So reservation is not helping. Alone education can help to finish castism N if u think st sc r poor then welcome to economic based reservation
@@SHAKTI_MANshe is taking hot n debatable topics to get more comments n engagement look at her old vids they r worth nothing hehe bro jus trynna be famous. With half baked information
Thank you so much for making this! I've grown up in the US and am struggling to connect with and build awareness of caste issues that have obviously but invisibly shaped a lot of my life. So it was really insightful to hear your experiences... I hope more young people use their platforms like this. and glad I found your channel cuz the other stuff is awesome too keep it up
as a sindhi teen from general category, I'm glad Sindhi Hindus, atleast in India have never adhered to the caste system or maybe some do, idk. maybe it's because of the incredibly low population of us in india but i digress. growing up, we never had caste discussions in our household but ig my family, unfortunately is against the caste based reservations because identifying ourselves by "caste" is such an alien thing for sindhi hindus. we tend to bond over our language and ethnicity only. i still dont know nor care if I'm a brahmin or kshatriya or vaishya whatever lol. thank you sm misimi for making a video on such an important yet neglected topic like this.
Sindhis do have communities, but they’re more like sedentary tribes than “castes” because Sindh (and also Punjab) are peripheral regions where brahmanical authority is not that strong. Many of these Punjabi and Sindhi tribes like Khatris, Jatts, Kambojas actually migrated from further north in Central Asia or Afghanistan after the establishment of the Varna system in the sub-continent. They don’t traditionally have any position in the “caste” hierarchy but some, like Khatris, accepted brahmanical authority later on, for which they got a “Kshatriya status” despite being merchants by profession. Irony is, the most casteist group, Rajputs, are actually composed of peasants and tribals who managed to acquire land and accepted brahmanical authority. The Brahmins gave them “Kshatriya” status and made up imaginary lineages connecting them to actual kings who were called Rajput (son of King).
Caste is NOT alien to you Sindis BECAUSE , The Hindu Sindis who are still in PAK are MOSTLY Dalits . During partition only the previlaged and rich could escape from the Ashrafs and they BLOCKED these Dalits to enter India.
@@timepasstubee Sindhi who migrated to India were not rich most of came barefoot they also have their own struggle they also struggled financially and yes they didn't face discrimination which is not having disadvantage rather than having advantage Sindhi were not socially backward community so they became rich by hardwork and their expertise..
Finally, some of the younger generation of SC/ST people are speaking out about caste discrimination without hiding their caste identity. So much respect for you girl🙇keep talking about this.
@idiotsontheroad-ind4681 Ok boss, i guess you didn't understood what she's said in video you should watch again this video. And again you didn't understood then keep your own opinion to yourself
i want to thank you for talking about this cuz i've never seen someone talk about it so open mindedly. im grateful i found your channel, i relate to it a lot and this video is just the one where i felt like "is she talking bout me?" lol
Good to see younger folk talking about such issues. Caste cannot be eradicated only by reservation. Social dialogue like this is also equally important. Keep up the good work.
is casteism a problem in India: YES is reservation unfair: YES All credit goes to the people who started this cycle of casteism which led to reservation and then led to hate because they have a reservation law, nowadays most of casteism I see is "They take the seat", it isn't much about the blood thing at least in urban areas
@@ツAnshツ tell me a single good thing which reservation has done since it was introduced in india . Also some examples of these reserved students being on a post of power in private companies
@@Vk9970-p3b Study brother study, without reservations , many sc/st and even obc's couldn't have been uplifted. the caste system doesn't allow this. that system wants the sc/st to do their work not the rich man's work or work of authority. also it doesnt allows them to study.
Misimi could you please create a video exploring why India is often perceived as one of the worst countries to live in and why there seems to be racism towards India from people in other parts of the world? ❤ Also Excellent video! You’ve done a fantastic job of shedding light on the truth and presenting it so honestly. Truly appreciate your courage and effort in addressing such an important topic!
Being gen z studying in an elite school surrounded by rich general people yet taking a stand and talking about your caste is such a Queen move. Proud of you girl!
Ohh girl … every word you said, I could relate to. As if you were talking about me. I am 38, lived in Pune,Mumbai and Bangalore ,but thereis no escape from cast discrimination in corporate, society, college even in school ( which we didn’t understand, back then. Attitude of teachers towards us). We might have taken reservation to enter college but scored more than you in exams got better percent and got better placement based on our hardwork but it was quickly discredited based reservation I took to enter college. As you grow you will realise how deep root caste discrimination . 😮😮😮
While preparing for competitive exams, your friends didn't dislike you for being from a certain caste, they disliked you because due to your birth privileges, you can get the same outcome as your friends even by applying 5% as much effort. Keep this in mind when you feel the urge to label them as casteist.
sure, when i am clearly better at drawing, getting air 38, scoring in 90s above them, the audacity to say applying 5% as much effort. where was this energy while flexing being brahmin all year lol
@dontmisimi air 38 in what? Also, doesn't matter if you get, say, AIR 1000 in iitjee (which is extremely impressive btw), it still doesn't erase the fact that you'll get the seat that a general candidate would get with air 50! You'll still be undeserving! (Unless you manage to get ranked so high that reservation won't make a difference in what you get)
@dontmisimi and being flexing about being Brahmin is casteist, I agree. And your being better at drawing, scoring 90s above them and all, how does that disprove the fact that reserved candidates get seats that they don't deserve to get? You may be more capable than your friends, sure, but you'll still be getting a seat that you don't deserve!
the efficiency in the government sector is so low because of the undeserved candidates selected in the name of reservation. I work in the bank and I suffer so much because of these undeserved candidates who don't even know how to enter a data in the computer
@yogi2760 exactly, and this effect is increased exponentially as those candidates rise through the ranks (due to caste being considered even when giving promotions in govt offices, because why not?), and affect the work of everyone under them
Janeu is not a symbol of upper caste. It's a symbol of purity, people who are not Brahmins by caste can also wear it as a sense spirituality. I had a friend who wasn't Brahmin but he still used to wear janeu because he was really into spirituality and religious scriptures.
@@coolguy-zm7tn Brother whatever you are saying is not right and really shocking that you are still thinking like this. I'm an upper caste Hindu but I never cared about it even when my parents and other relatives tell me to be proud about it i don't think there is anything to be proud of, you are born with it you didn't earned or something like that and if you haven't done any extra ordinary for something, i don't find anything to be proud off. And I don't also care about other people's caste even one of mine bestfriend is from some lower caste but I never cared about and 1 year ago i didn't even know this until one of my friend told me that she is from this lower caste and all I said that well it doesn't matter because I never shown any interest in her caste or a other person caste. My take on this will you should not care about people's caste anymore we are in 2024 grow up there are a lot of things u should care about.
@@TejikaBhardwaj You can't change Casteist people, they will remain frustrated with reservation till they die... Fun fact:- Even politicians can't do anything. Everyone will say it's because they are. yes, they are also part of this for their own benefit, but it's out of their hands now...
Those who never experienced caste Discrimination. they do not know the pain of SC/ST people. Those who understand it. they will never complain about it. If you have problem with it, look around the world, different kinds of reservations exists in some forms, then form your opinion. The problem is upper caste is that they form their opinion about somebody without knowing/understanding them. they just assume without any facts/evidences
@@umakantamoury4959 those who do got into universities and goy jobs by not studying and only by playing victim card won't ever be able to imagine the pain of the student who is studying day and night but wasn't able to clear the exam or got a job just because of stupid reservation
@@umakantamoury4959 those who got into good universities by not studying at all due to reservation will never understand the pain reservation causes to the student who studies day and night for competitive exams
as a st guy. people would never understand the discrimination we have to see like its really really at a fcked up level. people just cuss you and you think like you cant even be friends with upper caste people. like it just drops your perception for yourself and future completely when you face discrimination like that
Lol if u are poor jus tell them u deserve reservation. N if u are rich then don't take reservations n be a proud guy n if they still mock u then confront them I'm UC i never mock caste j mock people individually for being whiny
I never actually comment on youtube but thank you for making this video and addressing this! ignoranct people from our generation need to know that it still exists. you’re v brave for this! xx❤️❤️
@@dontmisimi @oceanicaaaaa is right actually it is "brave" to staunchly put up the issue about the deeply rooted caste problem of the Indian Society in the Present times of Brahminical-minded Hindutva Ideology driven RSS and Modi Government but I would like to also highlight that actually, it shouldn't have been brave to put up this issue, instead this casteism and caste-based discrimination discourse should be normalized to be put up and raised in public to create a progressive, inclusive and equitable society... But the thing which has happened in the past decade and especially since the Implementation of the 1992 Mandal Commission Report was the 27 percent Reservation to the Shudras was also provided as OBCs... and after 1992 this Casteism and Caste Based Discrimination Discourse was completely Hijacked by the Brahminical minded Savarna Upper caste Peoples and the discourse was completely snatched away from the lower castes hands by the RSS and the human mobilization of RSS towards the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya and its demolition in 1992 and created an atmosphere of violent extremist religious fervor in the Country by violently and Religiously Fanatically proposing the creation of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on top of demolished Mosque and they did created that Ram Mandir on top of it But there is still no proof to this date that there was any Hindu Temple Structure, it is publically said by the Archeological Survey of India in the Supreme Court Hearings that there was no CONCREATE evidence of any Hindu Temple architecture below the Babri Mosque after its demolition happened instead the ASI found some Relics of Buddhist Stupas and also a Jain Temple Structure below it. But finally, I am really happy to see that now from the past 1 or 2 years the Social Justice Discourse is finally getting back into the hands of the Lower Castes Indians, who actually deserve to hold the Steering of the Social Justice Discourse in Our Country...
@@dontmisimi oceanicaaaaa is right actually it is "brave" to staunchly put up the issue about the deeply rooted caste problem of the Indian Society in the Present times of Brahminical-minded Hindutva Ideology driven RSS and Modi Government but I would like to also highlight that actually, it shouldn't have been brave to put up this issue, instead this casteism and caste-based discrimination discourse should be normalized to be put up and raised in public to create a progressive, inclusive and equitable society... But the thing which has happened in the past decade and especially since the Implementation of the 1992 Mandal Commission Report was the 27 percent Reservation to the Shudras was also provided as OBCs... and after 1992 this Casteism and Caste Based Discrimination Discourse was completely Hijacked by the Brahminical minded Savarna Upper caste Peoples and the discourse was completely snatched away from the lower castes hands by the RSS and the human mobilization of RSS towards the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya and its demolition in 1992 and created an atmosphere of violent extremist religious fervor in the Country by violently and Religiously Fanatically proposing the creation of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on top of demolished Mosque and they did created that Ram Mandir on top of it But there is still no proof to this date that there was any Hindu Temple Structure, it is publically said by the Archeological Survey of India in the Supreme Court Hearings that there was no CONCREATE evidence of any Hindu Temple architecture below the Babri Mosque after its demolition happened instead the ASI found some Relics of Buddhist Stupas and also a Jain Temple Structure below it. But finally, I am really happy to see that now from the past 1 or 2 years the Social Justice Discourse is finally getting back into the hands of the Lower Castes Indians, who actually deserve to hold the Steering of the Social Justice Discourse in Our Country...
I was not expecting much from this video by a someone around my age, till i watched. As i saw the title my mind went "oh girlie, you sure you wanna talk about??" But damn, though short, but you covered several topics and this is not a easy tppic to talk about, especially to urbanite gen z audience who were taught a out caste prejuidice as a thing of past (tbh must of us were sleeping in those social sci classes) and like to whine "caste based reservation is useless, let's remove it", the bare % of a majority group (bahujans) you see in schools/institutes is very much because of caste based reservation, if it wasn't for reservation, you would NEVER have a president from Adivasi because casteism is sooo darn strong and normative. Reservations is basically there to unsure the represention of a the chunk of Indian population which it has been denied for 2000+ years. Hats off to you @dontmisimi for sharing your own part of the story, it js definitely not easy to speak about this to a gen z audience, especially as a person who herself is from the very background
Hey Misimi, it's great to see the new educated generation becoming vocal about caste issues. They're no longer ashamed to discuss topics that generally well-off families avoid for fear of being judged by upper-caste individuals.
Thank you for this Video, I cracked Jee mains and Jee advanced but after getting to one of the best NITs in North India I got discriminated against, there are many caste groups in my college, still roaming in that city for rooms they ask the surname before giving the room. Cast discrimination never stopped, casteism changed their medium.
Mannnn! This video is actually relatable, I've faced many similar situations like that , when I was in class 3rd I asked my dad what is the meaning of "caste" and why they are filling SC in the diary column then my dad told it was some kind of code used in address just to avoid telling what it is, and my dad told me to never tell my caste to anyone. I was like okt you know curiosity, I asked my tuition teacher " Didi, what's your caste? Are you SC" and then she replied "Chi.... we are not that people, we are clean people I'm pure Brhamin" and from that day I understood why I have to keep it as a secret. Fast forward Highschool, you know during admission of 11th grade they ask for caste and percentage. Then friends peeped into form and they said " WHATT!?? You are Sc??!! But bro you are very good at academics and even scored 90 percent, how can you be a SC? you don't look like one." Then from that they used to mock me for my caste, ...and friendship didn't last long. I really really appreciate you for making this video. I know you would be facing outrage and trolling for this video, but don't care about those people. Keep pushing forward! You're doing an incredible job, and your videos on engaging topics are precious. Stay motivated and keep sharing your creativity with the world! 🙌✌✨
the only thing i'm kinda eh about caste system is that so many undeserving candidates get seats due to reservation. i'm not talking about the sc/st/obc ppl who actually work hard, i'm talking abt those who take advantage of the caste system. i have seen so many people illegally change their caste using connections which is so fucked up. i'm muslim so i fall into general category but whatever i don't really care. in my opinion, college entrance exams shouldn't have reservations, it should only be based on merit. on the other hand, job placements wtvr it is called should have reservations because obviously interviewers can be prejudiced against lower castes.
You are muslims muslims r the most hypocritical gotta be honest like 90% of muslims of west bengal have onc reservation 😂 West bengal never had castism inthe first place yet this is so fkn wild😂
People are not showing the other side of this caste discrimination thing this is the real story from my city There was a brahmin guy who went to a restaurant and ordered something veg and owner/ worker of that restaurant was from a lower caste so when he saw that this guy has a chutia he decided to serve him non veg food and when the guy confront the worker/owner he attacked him with some other guys working at the restaurant the guy was brutally injured and he was rushed to hospital but still no one covered this news
I am belong from a upper caste (maratha) and l scored 98%centile and still couldn't get into any top colleges in India.. further more most of my classmates who used to belong to sc/st or OBC categories used to always make fun of me this continued till college. If there is 3-5% upper caste population in india and the maximum population is lower caste so you think only people from lower caste deserve education what about equality??? Most upper caste are working on a bigger post because they have always been 1st in every academic year. Additionally, we also have to pay lakhs even if we come in merit and people from lower caste have to pay what only 1500 inr?? There are so many campaigns in india for equality in education which justifys to just give reservation on the basis of merit and not caste.. atleast provide equality in education.. Even Dr. Baba ambedkar saheb fought for equality!! I am sorry been following for you for so long but this video looked biased..
its the ancestoral karma you're suffering nothing more, you get to enjoy the ancestral advantages so obviously you're going to suffer their karmas too and also most of the lower cast people are poor you cannot just pick handful of rich people and call the whole community rich and about equality, you can never have equality because when you were not even born equal how do you expect equality? lower caste people were oppressed and even tortured for centuries ofcourse you'll have to give them back the resources that were snatched from their ancestors, and most upper caste people work on bigger post not because they have always been 1st in academic but because they HAD opportunity they HAD resources, like when india became independent general people had generational wealth and resources while lower caste people were just starting to live like other people so tell me who would have a better chance of having higher education and jobs, the family that has employed and educated members or the one just starting out? and about the video she just told her experience nothing more how is that even biasness? is it biased just because she belongs to sc st? its you that has a very limited perspective on casteism because ofcourse how will you even have it when you were privileged enough to be just born in the upper caste and never face the discrimination and even the torture those lower caste people still face on daily basis
You are right and she's even avoiding most of the comments. Controversy= views And ofc the MAJORITY of the population will support bcz ofc the are larger in numbers
Mi pan 96 kuli maratha aahe ani tu khup vichitra argument det aahes. Babasaheb fought for the upliftment of marginalised castes. He fought for RESERVATIONS. Jaativad hi gosht hazaro varshanparyant chalo rahili aahe. To destroy the caste system and caste based discrimination that has been so long rooted in our culture, how can you expect only 80 years of reservations in public sector and education to do the job? Reservations are NOT about financial upliftment, they are about representation and a continuous upliftment of caste based communities. Additionally, Marathas are the largest caste in Maharashtra. There is a difference between traditional high castes like Brahmins and Dominant castes like Marathas, Reddy, Kamma etc. "Merit" is subjective. The entire indian education system is wrong and hazardous to the health of our nation and our youth. Instead of educating, organising and agitating against such an unfair system that was invented just to create a sheep like workforce for the British, you remain uneducated about the realities of caste and education and agitate against an easy target like reserved category students, because it requires less work and is more popular
Well, I am from Assam too and belong to the OBC category. Never in my life have I faced casteism. Both my mother and father are graduates, and I’ve never heard them talk about facing any kind of discrimination despite being OBC. One more thing,I’m from a small village that you probably wouldn’t have heard of. I know that the situation might be different in other parts of India, but as someone from the Northeast, I don’t think well-to-do people deserve caste-based reservations, at least here. There’s no significant caste discrimination at the ground level. I’m not denying the existence of small incidents, but they’re rare. Using "Kashyap" as a surname for protection against caste discrimination? If you’re Assamese and saying this, even after living in Assam, you’re lying. From my experience, and considering that you seem to come from a well-to-do family (based on your videos..by Assam’s standards, you’re quite well-off), I can confidently say you wouldn’t have faced discrimination. I’m not talking about Brahmin families during the times of our grandparents, but at present, people from our generation and parents don’t discriminate. I’ve seen Assamese Brahmins and even Nepali Brahmins in Assam eat food in ST households, sharing the same plates. Things might have been different during the times of our grandparents, but today, this isn’t an issue. the use of “Kashyap,” it may have that history in the past, but for us in Assam, claiming to use it because of that history is hard to believe. I understand that things might be different in other parts of India, but in the Northeast, casteism is hardly prevalent.saying this all cause i think you have mentioned in your bio that you are an Assamese. As for friendships like “you’re Brahmin, I’m Brahmin,” it’s not just about caste. It’s a natural tendency, similar to how Indians bond with each other when abroad. The fact that SC/ST candidates get selected based on reservations, even when they have access to every possible facility, is laughable..and the same applies to OBC candidates. People need to stop justifying their reservations by referencing historical discrimination, especially now in 2025, and especially in the Northeast. I guess as long as SC and ST candidates take seats with their reservations, even after being financially well-off, those memes remain accurate. Yes, they have the right to do so. Regarding Bollywood actors being from upper castes..honestly, that’s the dumbest example so far. Bollywood is driven more by nepotism than casteism. An upper-caste person without connections won’t get a chance, but a lower-caste person with the right links will. This specific argument in your video felt ridiculous, like a victim card to justify wrong things Why shouldn’t people from the general category discriminate? When they see their seats being taken by someone from a reserved category, even if that person is wealthy, their resentment is understandable. It’s hard not to hate a system/people that allows people to take advantage of reservations while playing the victim card. P.S. As someone who is OBC (NCL) and yes, I’m going to take advantage of the reservation I’m entitled to. For me, it’s an opportunity. But I’m not going to pretend I’ve faced discrimination or play the victim card just to justify it.
The audacity to accuse me of lying simply because my experiences don’t align with yours is unacceptable. I’ve already clarified that I didn’t face casteism and, like you, thought our society was casteless for a long time. However, that doesn’t invalidate the experiences me and my family have had. I didn’t need reservations in any of my exams, and if you think you’re undeserving of reservation yet still use it for an advantage, that’s your outlook-not mine. It’s your projection to assume everyone else is the same. As for looking well-to-do, I’ve already acknowledged that I am now, but my family hasn’t always been. If you’re judging solely based on social media, know that I’ve had a job since school and have been earning my own money for quite some time. Financial status isn’t a factor in determining whether someone or their family has faced caste discrimination. Regarding the Bollywood discussion, the sources are linked in the description. It’s not an opinion-it’s a fact. Denying something simply because it hasn’t happened to you is ignorant and ridiculous.
Audacity??? Before that, I think you need to read the whole thing..instead of understanding (or picking)half of it and making it about "invalidating your experiences."Pretty ignorant, isn’t it? Anyway, I think what you’ve missed is.. 'Using "Kashyap" as a surname for protection against caste discrimination? If you're Assamese and saying this..even after living in Assam...you’re lying.' The statement about lying isn’t about your personal experiences, but about using 'Kashyap' as protection against discrimination (after being an Assamese). People don’t need that kind of protection in Assam (not linking it to gotra or etc). As for the Bollywood part, it’s not about facts. Just because more people from higher castes are in Bollywood doesn’t mean they got those opportunities solely because of their caste. If that were the case, the Khans wouldn't have ruled in India, because religion is an equally significant issue, which also includes discrimination. Having higher representation doesn’t automatically make it a fact
Undeserving of reservation'? 😂 the NCL (in brackets) says a lot, so read that part too before giving opinions like, 'If you think undeserving of reservations.' The EWS and OBC (NCL) are reservations based on income, which clearly makes more sense than those based on caste...especially for states like the Northeast and in 2024 The financial factor is, in fact, a determining factor, and if you're denying it, you're being ignorant. I don’t need to give examples of how it's a determining factor..just look around, and you will see hundreds of examples
"Both my mother and father are graduates, and I’ve never heard them talk about facing any kind of discrimination despite being OBC." They might not have faced overt discrimination, but that’s likely because they haven’t challenged the system of oppression directly. Reservation was never intended as an economic upliftment tool. It was always about social upliftment for the historically oppressed. If you’re informed enough to have an opinion on this matter, you should take the time to research why it was introduced. "There’s no significant caste discrimination at the ground level. I’m not denying the existence of small incidents, but they’re rare." This perspective is incorrect. The caste system deeply influences every aspect of Indian society-be it elections, marriages, or systemic oppression. Women being raped and hung on trees to assert caste dominance is not a “small incident.” These acts are extreme manifestations of a societal wound that reservation seeks to address. Reservation is, at best, a band-aid solution, but you can’t remove the band-aid without first healing the wound-that is, dismantling the caste system. "I’ve seen Assamese Brahmins and even Nepali Brahmins in Assam eat food in ST households, sharing the same plates. Things might have been different during the times of our grandparents, but today, this isn’t an issue." Sharing a meal doesn’t erase generations of discrimination-it’s hardly an act worthy of celebration. True change happens when such acts are consistent with broader acceptance, like letting SC/ST individuals serve as priests in temples traditionally dominated by upper castes. If you’re from a small village, ask the local temple authorities if they’d welcome an SC/ST/Dalit priest alongside others-not in separate temples, but as equals. That would be a better measure of true progress. Regarding people changing their surnames: Lower-caste individuals don’t just change their surnames-they often alter their way of life to avoid discrimination. They do this to secure basic things like housing or societal inclusion. These actions are survival strategies, not choices made lightly. "As for friendships like ‘you’re Brahmin, I’m Brahmin,’ it’s not just about caste. It’s a natural tendency, similar to how Indians bond with each other when abroad." This is an overly simplistic and flawed analogy. Children should form friendships based on shared interests, not caste. The fact that caste influences even childhood friendships is a reflection of how deeply ingrained it is in society. This isn’t the fault of the children but of the conditioning they’re subjected to, which perpetuates caste-based divisions as “normal.” Finally, reservation cannot be judged solely through an economic lens. Its purpose is to address social inequities. Yes, it’s a temporary measure, but until society offers free education for all and equal respect for all types of work, it remains necessary. Achieving this in a capitalist framework may be difficult, but it doesn’t invalidate the role of reservation. And most importantly, this isn’t about your personal experiences alone. Just because you or your family haven’t faced discrimination doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Discrimination is systemic, pervasive, and deeply entrenched in our society.
@@Goutham-30799 Challenged? Well, if you haven’t encountered any discrimination, why would you or who should you challenge anything? I’m well aware, but in the present scenario, it’s increasingly about economic upliftment. Regarding the 'ground level' part, I have this question...are you guys ignorant, or are you just interested in picking a random line out of an entire paragraph and generalizing it? Learn to connect the lines. Just before the 'ground level' statement, I mentioned something about 'other parts of India' (read that part and connect the whole paragraph), which clearly indicates I’m specifically talking about Assam/Northeast India. So, your justification for this specific paragraph is wrong. I’m not even discussing the whole of India, so I’m not going to give my point of view on that. Metals? Dude, not sharing the same plates or having different plates for lower castes is also a form of discrimination, in case you aren’t aware. And stop complaining about generational discrimination and such. People need to live in the present..you can’t change the past, even if you cry a sea about it. As for priests? Well, we have religious places called Namghars, and the main person who performs the diya and agarbatti rituals can also be from a lower caste. A flawed analogy? People tend to feel connected to others who share common ground, especially in initial interactions. she mentioned about how the bond formed initially..not necessarily how deep the friendship becomes. For example, Indians in foreign lands initially bond because they are Indian, but whether that bond deepens into genuine friendship depends on shared interests. Bonding over common ground is human instinct, but it can evolve differently based on circumstances. Initial bonding will never happen in a certain way just because you think that’s the 'right' way or because you want it to happen in a specific manner. Again, you’ve proven your ignorance. I questioned 'using Kashyap as protection against discrimination' because she is Assamese. (Read that para again)In Assam, people don’t discriminate based on surnames or titles. Perhaps, before being offended, you need to understand the context of certain things. For instance, whether the comment is discussing India as a whole or Assam specifically. Finally, the point isn’t about what reservations were originally intended for. At present, the point is how, even after having enough facilities, some people still justify reservations. Money gives you power and the position to overcome discrimination. That’s a fact. No matter how many arguments you make, it won’t change the reality. You’ll never see someone from the lower caste in certain positions being discriminated against because of their caste and that’s a fact. P.S. My whole comment is specifically about Assam and the Northeast because, in her bio, she wrote that she is Assamese. Because of that, some of her points feel questionable (like using the title Kashyap). But yes, if she were born and raised in other parts of India, it could be the case.
As an upper cast ,I agree casteism exists in India. But how is it fair to give reservation to already rich st/sc people? What kind of compensation is this? How is that gonna fix anything?!? Thats just unfair to us?!? Why are you geeting a reservation w a lower grade than me when I am the one w less money here.....? And I didnt even do anything?!? I was never mean to someone w a lower caste. Infact I didnt even care about all this until I found out about reservation...So yall also cant deny that your cast benefits you too.
Not being mean to someone from the lower caste is the bare minimum ma'am. I get where you are coming from, seeing someone getting lower grades and still get into your dream uni, but even then you cannot deny the fact that people from low caste are being discriminated against even in todays world.. Just because you didn't see that happening doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Reservations exist for a reason, India before (and still is) was very biased towards the upper caste, there was a time when people from lower caste couldn't even touch the upper caste, let alone get the same opportunities as them, can you imagine how it would feel?
@ananyanair2182 But reservation isnt the solution to discrimination tho??? Like is it stopping anything ?NO. So why is it still going on? Only the economically backwards should get reservation not the rich ones.bevause liek I said earlier,WHAT KIND OF COMPENSATION IS THIS?
@ananyanair2182 Reservation only make people more casteist .Most upper caste youth doesnt even care about all this bs of hierarchy in caste and all.But they will still pass on casteist remarks to let their frustration out.
Start marrying in lower castes, the scenario will change. The same people who complain about reservations, wouldn't marry their children to lower caste officers.
Wearing a janeu is not inherently an act of casteism-it is a religious or cultural practice for many. But it can be perceived as casteist in certain contexts because the janeu is historically tied to the varna system, which excludes Dalits and other marginalized communities. The practice has traditionally been a marker of caste privilege, signifying access to rituals and education that were denied to lower castes. If someone wears a janeu without acknowledging its association with caste hierarchy, it may reinforce those historical inequities. On the other hand, if worn solely for personal or spiritual reasons, without any intent to uphold caste-based discrimination, it might not be seen as casteist.
@@dontmisimi okay okay I get it. But it's completely alright if one wears it to just practice their family traditions and not to show it off as a symbol of superiority as the janeu is hidden beneath the clothes right
It's okay to wear one. However, if you shove it in the face of a person of lower caste in order to flaunt your superior caste, then it is an act of castism.
@@smerdyakov_11 that is exactly what upper caste people were getting historically in India. Selective privileges. And now that lower caste people get to have an education these people feel threatened. Reservation is so that both upper and lower caste people have the same starting line; because most of the times, upper caste people have many advantages over their lower caste counterparts.
@@ramaadhav it's not the education for everyone that's "threatening". rather, it's the unfair privileges the rich "lower caste" folks get while the poor "upper caste" ones are denied the chances and are told this is equality and the only way to end casteism when all it's doing is increasing it.
The MAIN problem: There is NO GENERAL SEAT RESERVATION, ITS OPEN SEAT ( MEANS ANYONE GEN ST SC OBC CAN GET IT ) generals are many times offended because they also want equal pedestral, cause suppose 70 percent is reserved, then 30 percent is open in also which ST SC OBC can get seats but general cannot.
so do you think we should have reservation for every category? Go and look up the % of people in general category. And go and read the reason why reservation is given. And one more thing, there isn't 70 % reservation, not in atleast the state i live(gujarat), and there are some states with such reservation, but there is reserved seats for some other category people also. And if you are gonna count 10% EWS seats and women category, then you should know that those are not on main seats but there are more seats added for such categories.
Thats only in theory, most general seats are always filled by generals and plus you have ews too. SC have 15% reservation, their population is more than that, ST have 7% reservation their population is more than that, OBC have 27% reservation and their population is double of that. I dont think any reserved category is eating generals pie. Its all about representation and also dont forget EWS
I'm Assamese American, and it is impossible to have a lot of meaningful conversations about caste in the Indian (and Assamese) diaspora in the states, because many of the Hindus in the USA are Brahmin and get very tense about the subject. Brahminism, caste discrimination and other such topics can make the energy in the room super awkward with the drop of a single word. Also, going to Assam, I made friends with a girl who didn't share the surnames of either of her parents. It was only later that my father told me that people would give their children a "caste ambiguous" name to shield them from casteism. He was horrified that it was happening in Assam.
Okay, I need to get smth out: Sc/st should convert to another religion because you can't just sit there and be discriminated for your love for this religion; Ask a lower-caste about how they feel about 'god-given inferiority'
@@dontmisimi but still in buddhism there no caste system in India except in newar buddhist caste system in nepal... btw i think atheism is the best thing
@@haerinisinlovewithhanni they will convert but not leave reservations most of them convert to Buddhism so them can avail reservation despite converting to Buddhism U people day and night scold our gods
@@RA-pf2mt ya'll will hate reservations but never stop discriminating, not perhaps so different And plus calling out your non-existent made up god stories is least we can do
The real problem isn't reservations. It’s that our country doesn't have enough opportunities for bright students in general. Take NEET as an example: in 2023, over 2.1 million students competed for just 120,000 MBBS seats. That's less than 6% of applicants getting in. Even if reservations didn't exist, the majority of students (from all categories) would still miss out.
What we really need is more seats, better colleges, and accessible resources for everyone because removing reservations won't magically solve the problem. Reservations aren't about unfair advantages, the literacy rate for SCs is 66.1% and for STs it's 58.4%, compared to 82.2% for upper castes. Without reservations, these inequalities would only deepen.
I know it can feel frustrating when someone with a lower score gets in, but we have to consider the systemic hurdles marginalized students face. Most NEET qualifiers (over 85%) come from private coaching institutes, which many SC/ST students simply can't afford. And even with reservations, they make up less than 15% of students in top institutions like ITs and AllMS, despite having a 22.5% quota. That tells you how much harder they have to fight to even get there.
Rather than targeting reservations, we should push for real solutions: more seats, better colleges, and equal access to resources.
Blaming marginalized groups for a broken system only distracts from the real problem.
pinning this cause i can’t keep replying with the same shit to everyone 💌
Agreed 👍
Btw there is just a little mistake in your comment, You mentioned IITs as ITs
@@dontmisimi you can't just assume that many of us (upper caste) come from private coaching institutes. And what about fees?? Reservation is not a problem there it seems?? We have to literally pay 7-8 lakhs upfront and lower caste can get admitted into top universities with a lower score and paying in what 1000 rupees? These entrance exams are there because of the Indian mass population. More than 65% of the population is st/sc if you are so poor why do these people have so many kids if they can't afford kids. Look at China the Gaokao exam is the most difficult in the world and there are no reservations That's why China's economy is going to cross the USA in some estimated years. I really appreciate how you said we need more resources as the entire Indian education system is rigid.. but again you were saying how it's difficult for them to get into colleges l mean yes it is but our (upper caste) chances are even less than 1%???
Does that mean that the unreserved category doesn't face many hardships when studying for competitive exams ?
@@dontmisimi l also don't have time to reply to your shit everytime.. you are here as a political speaker so kindly mind your language if you can't take a opinion from someone that's your problem
People don't want reservation but will openly discriminate people on the basis of their caste
those are hypocrites
That dosent mean facts are wrongs , people who discriminate should be punished , we have laws against that
@@keshavjha3699 there are literally kids who discriminate people according to their caste even law cannot do anything for that
Trueeeee
am from lower cast but never experienced discrimination on the basis of cast
Castism is still deeply rooted in our society but people pretend like it's long gone. Thanks for speaking the truth.
Arpit sir love you❤❤❤❤❤❤ bro
@@Arpit_Explains can you make a video on Soft-Discrimination ?
@Jesusisinvincible Yes I can. Before that there is also a video in the pipe line about castism in hinduism.
@Arpit_Explains what happens is the proof. Otherwise whole world knows india have caste system. Because foreigners don't come under it, they don't care...
Make a video , I'm working on mine
Sharma ji ka beta when reservation:😡
Sharma ji ka beta when jativad:😊
room temperature iq comment tbh
@workoutaccount1931 Explain karde bhai kya galat bola hai maine. I'm waiting for your high iq reply.
@@ShuvankarTheLocalMewingGuyaccording to your comment all sharma ji ka beta believe in jativad.
@@workoutaccount1931 bro metaphor hai wo, sharma ju ka beta means a privileged person in India.
@@workoutaccount1931 nope! The realness of the comment flee over your mushy soft brain! This comment was understandable to an average reader. Guess whose iq is low?
I am a Rajput, most of my close friends are Brahmins and Rajputs. This was sheer coincidence, we became friends first and asked each other's castes like years later. A friend of ours, a very studious one at that, achieved almost 100% in all the exams he tried, be it competitive or school exams. Later I got to know he's from a lower caste, but the man wanted to prove himself and he did. That he got in on merit 100%, no special treatment, Really surprised me that he was driven to prove himself so bad, can't imagine the remarks he had heard. Not from us, anyway. Still a close friend to this day.
I wish I was like him. I also want prove that I can do it without any advantage. I can understand concepts but I am not able to score. Thankfully my friends do not talk about caste and sh*t at least in front of me. I am studying in good school so that can be a reason. I am really grate full that I got supportive parents specially my father who is professor. As long as I don't talk about my caste everything will go smooth. Right now no one has insulted me on basis of caste and I hope it continues this way and work hard like my upper caste friends (this is first time I have yapped about my caste in internet because of your video).
@@songguy001then give away ur reservation system
@@ButterflySubliminals-222womp womp
@@ButterflySubliminals-222 me when i lack braincells and miss the whole point of a youtube video
@@skabadabadooo534 me when i dont have the guts to give up my reservation because ultimately im getting benefitted from it
It takes courage for a 20 something to talk about her caste openly, especially when media stays mum and parents tell you keep your mouth shut about it forever. We need more people like you who wear their caste as a badge of honor. In my opinion, this video is more relatable than an upper class Brahmin lecturing people about casteism.
So true
Caste as a badge of honor? Is this really a good thing to encourage people to do?
@@khanshiranyor3974 u really need to get out there and see for yourself, the people from upper castes has been doing it all these years .and yet I haven't seen anyone from lower caste talking openly about it like her.
@@Suzy1688 So, the upper caste has been doing it for years. Ok. So we should tell people to copy the upper caste?
Edit : to make my point clear I am adding this here. I am against normalising caste-pride. It's stupid no matter who does it.
@@Suzy1688 bruh nowadays it feels like a crime for me to tell my caste but people from other castes tell their caste openly.
If you haven't read Dr.Ambedkar then i would recommend you two books.
1. Annihilation of caste.
2.Who were Shudras?
I recommend another, Partion of India & Pakistan.
1st ill start with Ambedkar didn't read our own literal from Sanskrit he read the flawed English translated version and even he said that he didn't get the intricacies of indian casts.
@@GE0attackIf he read wrong version then how come we see these things in practices?
@@swapnilravindra3346 That's a very good question. The constitution of India does not allow anyone to perform a murder & it is prohibited, but how come we see it nearly every day?
Start with Waiting for a visa by Dr.Ambedkar
Casteism is deeply rooted in indian culture and history but over the years it's meaning has been morphed to support the narratives of political campaigns and for creating an illusion of superiority over the others. There are a lot of minorities who still need the reservation as a means of economic upliftment but the general public need a deeper level of understanding of the same.
Kudos to you for discussing this matter
Most caste-politics are about freebies, though? The majority of India isn't upper caste, and the majority isn't as educated or financially well off. There have been systemic problems for centuries, but appealing to vote banks with freebies is a slippery slope. The most caste-superiority politics is done by OBC jaats, ironically.
How reservation is solving the problem of casteism?
@@Vk9970-p3btell your so called upper caste people to stop doing discrimination, exclusion, atrocities etc on the basis of someone's CASTE.. Problem solve😇
@@Vk9970-p3btell your so called upper caste people to stop doing discrimination, exclusion, atrocities etc on the basis of someone's CASTE.. Problem solve😇
@@Vk9970-p3btell your so called upper caste people to stop doing discrimination, exclusion, atrocities etc on the basis of someone's CASTE.. Problem solve😇
As a privileged person who is from ST, I have seen people criticize me for getting benefits of reservation even though I belong to a pretty well to do household. And honestly, they are right in that feeling that this is unjust because i dont need those reservations. However, the hypocrisy starts when I see those very people say things that are so discriminatory.
I scored 97% in my 10th boards and have been good academically. One day a friend of mine (who didnt know yet that I wasn't from gen) was talking bout how people from ST and SC are so laid back and dont bother studying and how they are so disgusting living in villages and getting married at 15 (this is a just a part of the many things she said)and then she had the audacity to tell me that "oh you're good at studies because youre from general na?" And i was so miffed at how they were talking that i couldnt even tell them I was from ST because they would have ditched me then and there(Mind you, this same friend was always one of the low graders that barely passed and she was from gen so idk maybe she forgot about the term "potential").
So yeah, people say they dont want reservation because discrimination no longer persists and the same ones do shi like this.
They need to understand that discrimination isnt always in stuff like not letting people sit next to them and other things but also in the little things they do. Get rid of your discriminatory mindset first then talk bout getting rid of reservations
Well she isn't wrong when you see majority of the people getting quota you know damn well how do they fare right?
Can't agree more, I have seen majority of these general hypocrites(not all) who have this type of mindset are actually losers, barely manage to pass and score average grades. They exaggerate so much to a certain level that they blame the reservation system.
People have the tendency to complain a lot than finding solution . I have never seen successful candidates complain, because they know complaining won't help.
Yes indeed I understand this can be frustrating for general people when they see stable SC/ST people make it through unfair advantage. Me being from SC/ST also fall under this bracket.
Instead of complaining we should reduce the cap of reservation for privileged SC/ST people and at the same time caste discrimination should be observed in rural areas where it's peak still after 75 years.
Jyada woke na ban... don't say you are privileged so you don't need reservations...Your money won't matter when they'll give you less marks than general category and kick you out from many jobs just because you're SC. They don't give a shit about your privilege.
@@parthaprabaldas7548 The thing is not everyone is a top level student. Gen category needs to work extra extra hard and be at the top while other categories have to work bare minimum
Just a suggestion, please leave blank space after a few sentences it will be easier for many of us to read. Hope you have a nice day 🥰
I am ST
Leave in ruler India
And yes
Nothing has changed, mere ko aaj bi discrimination face karna pad ta hai
@@hallofsilence8992it is more than 70 years since the reservation is implemented if despite being for such a long time it isn't able to change your situation then it won't change it in the future also which means it is useless. So it should be immediately removed
@@Vk9970-p3bso you want them to d!e or what? Ofcourse st/sc need jobs by reservation. You're saying to put petrol in fire.
@@Vk9970-p3balso, financial situation of st/sc in some areas have increased. We still need reservation so that financial condition of st/sc in other areas can get better.
@@Vk9970-p3bWhat a great logic. You're saying that if you can't extinguish fire then put petrol in it. Educate yourself, brother.
Chal be jhuthe
I 've lived in mumbai Bangalore and pune
And we dont ask caste or religion before making friends
Many Sc St friends of mine visit temple with me
i feel like caste is not talked abt much (how discrimination is still rampant) all i heard was how things are so much better and trust me most ppl are still ignorant. we need to keep having these conversations. soo glad u made a video abt it. lots of love
Will reservation remove castism? What a weird analogy.
U have got political rights u guys r in majority who do u fear? Take stand of urself u are not innocent anymore.
Even st sc themselves don't marry in their different caste go to south india brhamans r mocked there too
Change religion
Yapp less
You should also talk about online hate against Brahmin and you should also talk about how Brahmin and others UCs are being attacked but you will not talk about this because this doesn't fit your caste discrimination narrative
@RubenAmorim10 exactly all the things are simple she is liberal Feminist who doesn't believe in Hinduism but will cope about caste system every day will talk about patriarchy and how it's all men it's pretty easy to guess things about these librandus
love your videos, as someone who got good marks 96% in 12th grade and due to my obc reservation, I was able to make it to one of the best economics college in the country. But I saw a sudden shift in the attitude of my other friends as they couldn''t get into top colleges. One even proceed to say that if he were me, he would have never taken admission through reservation. Mind you, I am the first generation woman from my family who even get to go to college. In our country, women from backward classes are more suppressed than men from same caste because patriarchy:)
Obc should have never got reservation.
"In our country, women from backward classes are more suppressed than men from same caste because patriarchy", wtf? women in general are suppressed than men . this has nothing to do with "backward or upper caste".
Lol who was chandragupta morya n chola empire is joke to h? There were not upper caste n women of every caste were quite same. N read some history girl there has been enough of brave women from st sc bruh meh what a victim mentality u have.
And by the way u are Choudhary ur people r known to be pridey u guys don't feel discrimination thank god u took onc because my choudhary rich friends even took st sc💀 reservation how can i stay same with her like wtf? She is tall n fair have good house cars yet how could she take sc reservation 💀?
@@ankansenapati3600exactly. Only brhamans r mocked n left accountable for we r 5% n we get mocked for being castist while other caste who themselves won't marry into different caste enjoy mild life😂
Economics is joke though You became the opressor now leaving the opressed the indian dream best of luck.
The funny thing is caste discrimination will never leave India. Even if the entire lower caste population disappears (hypothetically), some other caste would take the lable of being the new 'Lower Caste'. Humans just need a reason to discriminate among themselves. Caste discrimination/reservation is never a issue of economic status, it's a issue of morality.
Discrimination exist everywhere humans r creatures who love to feel superiors. There r enough of brittishers who believe on their aryan history n mock indian 24/7 n other raves they call us ugly n weak make fun of every asians wid small eyes or small height its a way of castism too.
The only thing u can do is recognise ur power take stand be proud of ur identity
And lastly in 2024 discrimination is ofcourse issue of economics.
don't trip. Earn well even latinas will worship u. Don't earn well even a dwarf won't want you
@@namankapoor3341 cast discrimination existed in all counties. Do u know how it Disappeared? By banning it and not talking about the cast at all but it's not possible in India thanks to reservations and cast politics
@@vp-lv6yk
kinda most sensible comment and in assam and bengal ppl don't shit about ghaste, coz there is no ghaste politics
i didn't know I was an obc until the entrance, i have told my friends consisting of gc obc sc st, ppl didn't give a damn
@@vp-lv6yk
and i live in a village 😹
This is so my experience. I am sc with a changed surname and preparing for NEET. My friends on the other hand have no idea about my caste and I often hear them passing casteist remarks and stating how unfortunate they are to be born in an upper caste family. It used to break my heart and I always thought that I'll be taking something away from them if I get selected and they didn't. I discussed it with my father as well and all though he is a DSP yet he faces discrimination from his seniors and folks and he told me to take up every opportunity that I get to make my career. I know that I'll never be able to tell my friends about my caste because of my fear of judgement and discrimination.
Edit: Let me adress a few things here for people who don't understand my point. Even if reservation is removed, 98% of you general caste peeps still won't get a government college but I yet don't see enough people holding the government accountable. Although I do understand student's frustration but removing reservation will still keep you frustrated plus you'll have no one to bash when you don't get selected.
You're never truly gonna understand caste based discrimination until you are someone from a marginalized category. Having financial success does not mean a person is entirely free from caste-based discrimination. Like I mentioned my father facing discrimination, my uncle's office colleagues not wanting to eat at his house, my cousin sister who wanted to be identified as who she is but latter changed her surname because of the bullying in school are just few examples of discrimination amongst the so called "creamy layered" society. And don't even get me started about 'ch*mar' being an offensive swear word thrown around by people just so casually as if it's not someones literal caste. If it wasn't for reservation I would wouldn't even be able to speak up in front of upper caste people.
Not being able to open up about my caste to my friends was less about NEET and more about the fear of being looked down upon and social segregation. Many of you might argue that you'll never discriminate but I can't help but notice caste being mentioned everywhere, from nasty but huge influencers like Rajat Dalal to Instagram bio mentioning "proud kshatriya". Don't get me wrong it's great that you're proud of who you are but then why are you making me feel so inferior that my only way out is to change my identity.
I hope that I made myself clear and if you just wanna talk about reservation and never caste discrimination then you can cry about it forever. Even foreigners see and sometimes even mock India for it's rigid caste system (like pewdiepie) but Indians are still either participating in it or just being downright ignorant. If you're still pissed about NEET then hate the game, not the player.
i understand and i was warned against the same because people have such fixed mentalities but it will reveal a lot about “friends” around you. people who know you will know how capable you are, they will respect you beyond stupid things like caste. you don’t need to justify and tell them a sob story about your family’s experiences for them to have basic empathy towards you. be proud of what you are and thats how things will change. it’s the least we can do for the people who have suffered before us and are still suffering.
understand their situation too, you're talking about NEET, which is hell for general category peeps, even 650+ isn't enough nowadays, whereas for SC/ST peeps, even 400 is enough to get in. now obviously, the cutoffs are low because most SC/ST peeps are not in good conditions, but yes, the ones which are, get an unfair advantage, which the general students are frustrated about.
i understand this problem very well, by changing surnames, you may avoid some of the remarks you may get, but on the other hand, that leaves no meaning to the "reservation is for representation" agenda, if you can't stand for yourself.
all in all, our country has flaws, nothing can be done.
edit: (just so y'all know, i'm a general category male)
so many capable students shouldn’t be fighting over a mere number of seats to begin with. it’s not the fault of SC/ST students but the lack of accessible higher education and infrastructure in general. the pressure should be on the government to create more opportunities instead of hating on lower caste students who are literally changing their surnames and identities to not face discrimination. general category students often benefit from cultural capital, access to better guidance, mentorship, and preparatory resources that SC/ST students typically lack. this unseen advantage is rarely acknowledged in such discussions.
i totally agree with you.
ur father is a dsp which means reservation has served its purpose and no way in hell should u be given reservation....but here we are.....u justifying reservation cuz u hear some of the boys in ur class saying 'xyz' truth is no amount of reservation will be of anyuse to you till u suffer from this debilitating case of lack of confidence. Know that even if u end up becoming a doctor cuz of reservation it will always be cuz of reservation and u will never be as good as the general candidates who worked hard and got the seat despite leaches like you
I felt so validated after watching this. As a "creamy layer" lower caste person ,there aren't many places where out internal struggles and experiences are talked about. Despite our economic privilege we still experience caste in though in a less sinister way. Thank you so much for talking about it , it must have been really hard to decide if you want to talk about it or not on such a public platform which can lead to people further dissect you.
dude ive literally never seen anyone talk about this or met anyone whose parents had given them a diff surname to shield them from casteism, like ive literally lied to so many people about why my surname is diff from my parents', dude this video healed something in me THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO
my cousins have diff surnames than their parents too. My surname makes ppl think I'm from maharashtra (for some reason) so i don't get discriminated as much
literally me
I'm from bihar bodhgaya and you'll not believe that most of my classmates like 98% have Kumar as their surname no matter they are sc, st, obc or general.
@@CoralineYannchit code in the matrix😅
@@VinayashaPaswan-nn9vdbut they will asked ur father n grandfather name for knowing ur caste …
the topics, research and analysis in your last couple of videos are incredible!! please keep posting!! we need such voices in the indian yt scene!!
Is this the beginning of Indian breadtube??? Am I at the forefronts of witnessing one of the coolest channels ever?
i think we are.
cringe is reaching india
@@harshwardhansingh6433 your brain
No
@@harshwardhansingh6433 it had reached long back when carry minati had hit millions
I am open about my caste and religion. I have been discriminated against in school and still i get taunts like why do you people get reservation? You cannot be intelligent like us, Bhimte, lower castes have lowly thoughts. But I don't care. I am proud of my Mahar people who fought against this discrimination.
You are brave, I'm from bihar and I'm from paswan community and I don't care about those trash people.
Don't hide your caste from friends
If someone is truly your friend then he will not care about your caste
Same here bro...i am also from mahar community...and i am from sangola city ( taluka )and i am the only one And I am the top mobile video editor and graphic designer in our city...I have 25k followers on insta...And I have film editor yes but I have money problem and that is stopping my progress...
@@_shubhamedtx The time is coming soon when our people will dominate the country and I have a lots of proofs which solidifies my statement.
We are not Mahar anymore we are Buddhist now, anyways we should be proud of who we were earlier i.e. Mahar..who were used to keep a lathi with them and keep a watch at the boundary of villages for outsiders and probable threat to villages, basically to maintain peace and order in the village…also Mahar were considered brave and courageous for doing this job.
tysm for talking bout this im very insecure about my caste ive seen my very close friends use casteist slurs even without realising
U shouldn't be insecure bout ur caste .
UC people generally Mock rich st sc who get reservation. If u are poor st sc u deserve reservation n ur caste is ur identity u should never be insecure don't forget we all eat out nobody asks ur caste or where u are eating so they don't jate u for ur caste hate u for taking reservations while u are rich🙃
I'd love to be ur friends I've manu friends online n ofline. Altho i broke my friendship with highschool once cus they mocked my dad for being poor yes I'm UC. They were rich thus i hate them for getting reservation livin' in cities nobody even discriminates🤷 besides reservation won't shut the mouth of people
i don't support caste based reservation but that's some shtty friends you have
I am ST student and was a one of the top students of my school, in music, academics and sports as well. Nobody would say anything about my caste but whenever there were discussion about jee, they would say, abe tera to jaega yaar kyu padh rha and so on. It would literally make me think what do they think deep inside their heart cuz they are studying their ass off
But talking about my parents, both are government servents and they do face racism in workplace, my father doesn't share it with me but with my mom, and my mom tells me everything. My cousin who is currently preparing for state psc tells everyone that he is obc cause everyone in the coaching including teacher make fun of st and sc
When I was selected for JNV, my art teacher also passed a racist remarks about us in 6th grade but none of them understood and I did. He literally said that they we have less brain but in a manipulate way, I still remember it
But when I was in senior grades, most of my friends we're so open minded about religion and casteism, I think most of them didn't mean it when they would say, abe mat padh ho jaega tera, our class topper was rajput and he and me were the best duo of our school, cuz we were almost similar
@@jiminshi06 lemme tell you something recently my computer teacher was doing these castiest things, he said no matter tum kisi bhi position pe chale you will have your caste trait and then he said I was in a school for copy checking. When I was about to finish my work, a women came enter in the room with tea. She gave it to everyone and then ask for 10 rupees despite of the fact that tea was from school so it's show that these people don't have self respect . He was from yadav caste so I said him wdyn sir like you're from yadav caste and if you'll see some buffalo anywhere you'll start to process for milk and the whole class burst into laughter 😂😂
@@jiminshi06which JNV bro im from JNV mohali
The content she serves is literally the best. Your school life and russian girls videos and now on caste, I mean you know how to serve content on the ground reality.
Do more reserach on this kinda topics, people will definetly love it💗.
❤❤
how is it the best she is literallyy make things up
@@feather-l1g how and what she makes things up?
Can you please explain?
May be she is new in this field that's why I told her to do more research, right? 😊
@@feather-l1gexactly
@@RitikaSingh-ki7jcyou are singh i don't think u have faced any discrimination lol so idk what ua whining n yes u people don't deserve reservation neither. By caste maybe by economic conditions
Guuurrrllll I started following you for your make-up skills but your videos hit DIFFERENT. The way you talk about those cringe ass topics like Russian jokes , caste jokes n all trashy meme culture that literally trigger me too- so on point 💯 RESPECT ✊🏻you're so real , so amazing 💗
haha thank you, i just love hating
@@dontmisimiU love standing up against wrong! Love u
I'm a Brahmin and I don't support caste system. Before ending the reservation, we have to fight against the caste system collectively. Caste based discrimination is very dangerous for our nation.
So glad you said it. Some people in the comments are so angry about reservation that they still can't see what the video actually wants to convey.
बामन डामन इस देश के नाही है ओ युरेशयन है 😂
most Hindutva guys are with you on this one but why people get bitter because they are facing unequal opportunities even tho they havent oppressed any one.
@@royal_BJ-m3p are chutiye kitine salo se ye mixing huae with indian now they are indian
It's like saying I am criminal I don't support crime
We were taught. We were TAUGHT that casteism is a thing of the past. I belong to an "upper caste" family / surname, hence because I never experienced casteism and my friends, majority of whom were in the same social strata as me, genuienly believed it to have gone out of power for a long long time. But the stats don't lie. Unfortunately most people even around me refuse to acknowledge this even with the info provided. I was living in ignornace for 18 years and more. 18 YEARS?!!!
@girlypop-563 It's good that you are aware of it even if you were a bit late
@@girlypop-563 how does it justify reservation
same i am from general but my cousin is SC we are of same age and his economic condition is bit better than me . We are good buddies but at a below level I was jealous of him because he had an upper hand both financially and reservation wise and I always used to argue that if the govt. was that concerned about people they should just give reservations to people who are financially weaker thinking that this inequality doesn’t exist because I used to ask him if he faced any and he said no but now seeing that infact this discrimination still exists shocks me in majority parts of India .
@@Vk9970-p3b Y'all often demand justification for reservation but never acknowledge casteism-the very tool of oppression and the primary reason reservation exists in the first place.
@@Vk9970-p3bbecause lower caste people were oppressed and put down for a long time?
Casteism on the Indian internet at least wasn't as common in the early days (i.e. 2019 and before) The democratization of the internet brought the most regressive illiterate people online.
Fr, been using internet since MTNL days and Indian internet communities weren't this toxic. Jio revolution should've never happened. No wonder why we get cooked so bad in the rest of the world
@cocaa_colaaa you're right, a lot of Instagram comments are predatory towards minors and I can guarantee at least 30% of these people are masking their true identity beneath "Dark Humor" Another thing is these people genuinely tweak out when you make fun of God or the military (they suddenly hate dark humor now)
Earlier before jio, broadband internet was a luxury and there weren't many lower caste people on the internet anyways, so there was nothing to be casteist against online.
@cocaa_colaaa dark humor fans when you make fun of God or the military (they suddenly hate dark humor now)
@@AndWeWillNeverBeAloneAgain feeling proud indian army 🥰🇮🇳 /s
I'm so glad you spoke up about this. It takes a lot of courage to talk about caste. You're amazing for doing that. This video really resonated with me. I'm going to share it with others, especially those who live in a bubble saying 'ThiNgS LikE CaSte DoN't eXisT'..
thank u once again
It doesn't take courage it jus take lust of money fam n views
@@Pandeyziipandit ofc what would u know abt courage anyway
@@Pandeyziipandit ahh yess sarr we got bhimsham "baman" in the cmnt section to cope with the reality 🤓☝️
unless they're rich, i don't know what kind of idiot doesn't think caste doesn't exist. if you're poor and from a lower caste, you must've experienced discrimination. if you're poor and from an upper caste, you must've experienced anger and disappointment at seeing people half as qualified get positions you deserved.
So u want reservation in bollywood?? 😂
Think before what u are saying. We are living in 21th century,I don't support Casteism but that girl is saying one sided story and promoting bullshit agenda..
A friend of mine narrated an incident wherein his so-called upper caste colleague berated another so-called lower caste colleague saying, " At home, we won't even share the same table with the likes of you".
Hopefully, awareness would root out casteism someday.
So sad to hear about your friend . But how does it justify reservation?
@@Vk9970-p3bbecause if there was no reservation then lower caste people won't have the chances to earn money they have right now. Like the person said how the upper class treated his colleague shows he is just tolerating the person because of reservation system.
@@Vk9970-p3byou can't even use your brain and still cry about reservation system? You ain't getting a government job calm down.
@@Jazmine.x I do not want gov jobs . I want everyone to have same cutoff in competitive exams .
@@Vk9970-p3b The casteism is insane, them upper class teachers might give low grade to SC and ST studs because of the hatred
Ee deserve reservation, I'm not trusting upper caste people
I am SC and i live in Tripura,let me tell you what happened with me,when i was 9 years old there was a baisnav seva in our Village,i touched the baisnav when i was playing and he was eating,he got up and went out took cow dung and mixed with water and sprinkled on her,no one said nothing,we are not allowed to go near the Durga puja bhog or touch the pandit directly while he was doing puja,when we moved to the city ,the house owner wont drink even water from our house,thats the condition we are living in i am very eager to leave the country and settle abroad,i have lost belief in both my religion and my country.
@@saptarshidas9365 tf. Hope you doing well now.
@@saptarshidas9365 fake story
its understandable for you to loose faith in your believes but i warn you dont take up a new one.. other faiths are more cruel than your previous one if you deep dive into it
@kirkbl you are right,um not taking other religion,here and there all are same
According to Bagavadgita whoever did this kind of discriminatory act to you is the real Ignorant shoodra (untouchable - who can't able to reach his divinity(higher Consiousness like buddha) )
Kings/dictator/politicians use people ignorance to divide and rule them cast is one of that ignorance.
as an indian living in the west I didn’t knew caste were still a THING in 2024
ty for this video it was so interesting!
Yet u guys get the biggest reservation like 90% of muslims in west india get onc reservation how funny 😂
India h politicians don't give a shit of country' just need votes to ensure they win
Have you questioned other things as well now ?
Because it seems you have accepted a very whitewashed hollywood version of the world.
One thing I want to add. People who says castism only exist in rural india, just google castism in top companies in google, apple , netflix etc that to in USA. Because when upper caste go their they take their castist mindset with them.
Are u trying to be dumb or u were always dumb?
Upper caste will do castism in america with who? atleast use ur brain 🧠
@@shubhamprocha5018how is casteism related to reservation
Bruhh if congress doesnt have a parsi mp it doesn't mean congress doesn't support parsi's it just comes out to be that they don't have parsi mp. The same is with jobs just because it comes out to be that upper caste people are seated in good posts doesn't mean that they gone till there by Casteism
yaa ..because we know how to work hard and get our jobs done ...because we dont get any advantages ....
From a completely logical standpoint : people from "upper" castes have nothing to do with this shi. It's just that those people working for those companies have enough money to work abroad. I am half upper caste and I don't have the money to work or study abroad, yet I can't apply for FAIR scholarships without hoping someone less deserving got the scholarship just because they're lower so they get more pity from the education board. Why? What did I do? By your victim mindset, this isn't castism though is it? 🙂
honestly i can't even put it into words how much i relate.. from being shielded about these topics, to not being confident enough to speak out about this within friend-circles, to understanding so much of generalized casteism around myself later on in life. Its a whole experience. I m so inspired by u having the courage to speak up on this topic.
Growing up, I didn't really know much about caste, but I was always aware that my parents' relatives were poor. My father had the opportunity to work in the central government thanks to reservations. I didn't face much discrimination because of his hard work, but I still heard remarks like, "Tujhe toh achi college mil jayegi", when applying for colleges. I got into a really good college in Gujarat, but that's when I started feeling outcast. Our roll numbers were assigned based on merit; with a total strength of over 300, the students were divided into five groups. The first two groups were those who got into the college through JEE, and groups 3 and 4 were those who got in through ACPC/Gujcet. I was in group 4.
I often heard my juniors make fun of people from groups 3&4 for not knowing proper English, as most were from the Gujarat state board. Even though I was a CBSE student, hearing those comments was very humiliating. Throughout my life, people kept asking me what kind of "Patel" I was, only for me to realize later that they were actually asking about my caste. I can't really complain much-I had a privileged life thanks to my dad. But sometimes, I'm reminded of the differences when I see others living the kind of life I might have had if my family's background were different.
Great video, though! I would like to add a few things about how we can see casteism on social media, too. People from lower backgrounds are often labeled "chapri" and are constantly mocked for the way they dress and present themselves. A lot of it might seem cringey, but calling something "cringe" and calling it "chapri" are very different, in my opinion.
You used reservation to get into a college you didn't deserved, snatched someone else's seat who must have been way better than you, and now you cry that they don't put in a pedestal in your college and they divide based on merit why won't they?? You want reservation in everyday life as well as much as you can right ???? Way to create an inefficient nation.
this video was very much needed!! as a person who's studying in a school with all these "upper caste" people and has to listen to "discussion" about caste that is shallow and biased on a daily basis., this video was a breath of fresh air
Did you give up your reservation
I LOVE YOU SM FOR BRINGING THIS TOPIC UP
this was SO NEEDED, I (Sc) myself preparing for NEET see so many ppl only spazzing on reservations saying sc/st are as rich as general and stuff like that but fail to realize that reservations have never been about the lower caste being "financially" equal rather socially
Lmfaooo also so what if few sc's are rich and well to do, not to mention there might be sc's who are rich but rarely if not never a brahmin who is doing manual labour work like working to clean the streets etc... goes to show the proviledge tgey have as well lol
@@saurabhvastrakar9753 lol
@@saurabhvastrakar9753 can you tell how does reservation helps in promoting social equality?
Then where is reservation for africans? Who were enslaved faced apartheid? What's this nonsense then?
Where is reservation for ugly indians who get treated like shit in america?🙁
Where is reservation for slit eues chinease who get generalised for eating dogs even if only 5% of them eat😶
Where is reservation for jews? Where is reservation of kashmiri pandits?🙁
Reservations are not making you socially equal they are further broadening the divide, If I got into a cllg at score 650 I can never see someone with 450 as my equal
1:47 ....my parents are upper caste brahmin bhumihars from Bihar and I've (born n raised in Delhi) always wondered why , i was never given a surname . Kaafi late I come to know about all the horrors of caste violence and brutality that has stained my home state . They wanted me to never be identified with my caste or background in public and professional surroundings , almost like yours did to shield you .
Many were also doing it with an intention to get a fake category certificate.
i have faced this too, I found out I'm sc during my entrance too, my parents never disclosed it to me till then, because they don't believe in that too but I've seen extreme lower caste discrimination and I'm glad I was safe from it, my perspective just drastically changed since then, I still don't don't disclose my caste because who tf cares, I'm well educated and cultured and thats what matters, nowadays due to internet sanatanism these things are coming back, the hate I've seen always makes me fear the people around. Indian society will evolve the day they leave castism behind
I'm from OBC I didn't knew about caste system until I moved to India from abroad. Because in school it was quite prevelant to ask about caste for admission, exams etc. When I was abroad we barely know about caste it was just Indians regardless of caste. Caste discrimination will be wiped out only if caste system is removed from India. But no political party has balls to remove caste system from India since it is good for their vote bank politics. Reservation won't solve the issue as its been 70+ years already & there aren't much changes in the society. Discrimination won't exist if other people don't know the caste of other person. Ban caste from matrimonial sites, educational institutions, caste surnames etc. Then we will have real changes. Financial assistance should be given to economically backward families instead. Else we are already witnessing brain drain in India due to many smart talents moving abroad.
I agree with you. the reservation system in educational institutions had led to a cycle of discrimination and hatred wherein the lower caste get benefits due to discrimination and the upper caste discriminate against them because they are favoured and the so the cycle continues.
@ Yup
I'm from bihar magadh region and all the classmates here like 95% of have Kumar as their surname no matter which caste they are from.
@@VinayashaPaswan-nn9vd Problem is same last name alone won’t solve the issue. Eradicating caste system & no caste based name is better step. In Bihar people still ask for caste which is why same last name isn’t doing much.
Bihar m to bahut casteism hai@@VinayashaPaswan-nn9vd
Great video, misimi... Don't ever stop talking about new topics like this
Its soo nice to hear someone else talk rationally 😊
it’s not a new topic but i am so glad you like it
@@princejosephsindala823 supporting reservation is itself one of the most irrational thing a person can do
@@Vk9970-p3b like ur moms decision to give birth to u
@@Vk9970-p3b first reservation is varn reservation 😔😔
I am an ST. And shit tired of hearing "tujhe to mil hi jayegi seat tu tension na le" as a taunt. This video was much needed. Thank you ❤
Where are you from
Padhle nahi milti seat experience se bta rha hu, sc hu aur private college mein padh rha hu
@@SudeepWolf riyal. even the people ik who got great seats(reserved) were under 30k rank in jee. thats not easy.
Toh register as general na
@@Gigachad-fq2rg if you were given some bit of an advantage would you let go of it?
Thank you for shedding light on this important topic Misimi. I wish you strength and happiness. I deeply resonate with your thoughts, as this issue is incredibly prevalent yet often overlooked. As a design graduate with a Master's degree from IIT Kanpur, I have witnessed its reality and the profound impact it can have on one's life. Fortunately, I’ve been fortunate to meet remarkable individuals who recognized my merit and potential beyond caste biases. However, I’ve also encountered others who casually dismissed me in ways one wouldn’t even anticipate. Let’s continue striving for equality, standing up for every individual, and dismantling the superficial notion of so-called ‘pure blood’ superiority. At our core, we are all the same.
U are so true. All my life i have been told by my parents not to tell my caste to the people around me so that i don't have to face discrimination. It's also true that how much my fellow classmates used to talk about being proud of their caste and being told by their upper caste families to not sit or even talk with the lower caste people. Let alone the fact that i was in an ICSE school still i had to see all of this happening around me. Till this day i feel ashamed and my mind goes blank when someone asks me about my caste. The fear that i have is can't be described. Fear of losing the ones who were with me all these years is scary. But i am glad that i have also met few people who doesn't ask me about my caste two minutes in to the conversation , and just loves me for who i am. And Just to show u what living in india being from a lower caste feels like - me and my family lives in a Punjabi colony ( No hate to all the Punjabis out there but what i am going to say is not really Just about you ) so people in my colony always avoid talking with us . Specially the aunties , they always make my mom feel very excluded from all the kitty parties , evening walks, they even avoid talking with my mum . Like just being sweet in front of her but never wanting to include her like a normal human. Not only this but I have heard countless stories from my mother of her being discriminated throughout her life. My mother is is well educated and now she is a teacher, but one thing that is different between my mum and these people is that my mother always teach her students to never discriminate , treat everyone equally no matter the gender or colour. It's really not about the caste it's about the kind of person u are.
facts
Like how you mention ICSe school as if it's some kinda higher than normal schools that's another form discrimination nothing else.
@GIGADEV690 tbh the syllabus of what kind of school went to was literally irrelevant to his story tbh 😔
I'm happy your mother is such a great woman
Your comment section is testemant our collective iggnorance and apathy. Thanks making this, will binge and sub.
Go to Pakistan
@@willymontana look who is saying a person who himself came from foreign land. 😂
Lindus are everywhere on the internet it is sickening 🤢
@@willymontana I'd rather stay back and solve the problem. Isn't that more patriotic than telling your country men to fuck off to some place else?
@@VinayashaPaswan-nn9vd tell me you failed history classes without telling me you failed history classes.Many historians debunked Aryan invasion theory by saying it is complete BS. you are one Google search away from reality but you still believe on WhatsApp forwards what a clown 🤡
girl trust me people will say and drag you left and right with hate and false prespectives they will bring there one incident of life and will try to prove u wrong, shut ur voice down in the name of being dank and dark humor but u just don't stop seriously keep going girl internet needs more opinionated girls like you who stay head strong on there opinions.
One good thing that happened in Tamil Nadu is that, we try to avoid adding Caste based Surnames to our names. And yes, most of the present day generation is actually following it. Like, my name is just 'Linkesh' and nothing else. I strongly recommend this practice and should be appreciated across the country. I believe if we do this, we are getting one step out of casteism in India. And to people who speak against and openly disgrace Caste based reservation for equal representation and educational opportunities, just ask them back: which one of these came first: was it the caste based discrimination or the caste based reservation? Obviously if this question is answered, everybody will understand that, the "reservation" is the EFFECT because there is a CAUSE that is "Caste based discrimination."
brahmin exodus from Tamil nadu yes
@SHOBHATIWARITHECREATOR Sorry, I didn't not get what you are saying.
This video is highly researched, and I truly appreciate the effort that you put into studying and presenting information about casteism and reservations in such a thoughtful manner. As someone from an oppressed class, I feel proud to see someone tackling this important issue especially that someone is from the ‘lower class’.
Blatant hate and caste discrimination on social media is so very real. I even stopped using Instagram and Reddit for the same reason. Interestingly, the same people who do this discrimination usually cry out on the internet when they see racist posts or videos against Indians.
Thank you for making this video, and please keep up the great work!
This was a good video. This country really hates conversation about this. You shared your experience about your friends otherizing you when it came to reservations and entrance exams, I have people who I called friends once completely alienate me and they did not hesitate to verbally call out my "privilege", it was so strange, I knew that would happen but it still sucked. Choose your friends wisely, work on yourself !
I'm upper caste poor guy. N when i got to know of reservation in 11th n they mocked my dad once i left them too.
They were rich yet took st sc reservation i still don't know which category does Choudhary come in but few of choudhary friends took st sc reservation instead of obc. Rich st sc obc Don't deserve reservation. Thats major reason of college dropouts
Ykw girl I was planning id make a yt channel for dalit youth to feel empowered, so that they feel comfortable in themself. But i see u today doing that thank u soo much
Full support gurl 💪
@Prachi-or6tx ykw I was planning. As a teen I've faced a lot of self identity issues, changing surnames, hidding caste and even your place of belonging. Bruh, thats a lot to process and hinders your growth I was gonna make a video about how we, youth should learn to accept that and make ourselves better
@@ShravSukh you should definitely make it many people will start sharing their experiences we need to empower everyone of us jai johar 🌾
@Prachi-or6tx extremely sorry but idk jai johar. Please enlighten me
@@ShravSukh sorry that I used it I thought you knew it but it's okay this is the word we tribal people use alot. It means completely devoted to the nature I've translated this from Hindi to English hehehe
प्रकृति के प्रति संपूर्ण समर्पण का भाव ही जोहार है"
6:40 ...who gets paid for wearing a janeu ? and what sort of janeu is that u just take gifts and not give them back more than what u received ....because as far as ik ...i have seen quite a lot of janeu happening ..some of them in my intimate family itself ...we know how much we have to spend for this function its not a one day thing .......and its not just a thread u wear there's alot more to it ...dont term it as a symbol of upper castes
and obv nobody questions it if they get benefits from it ...same as how lower cast supports reservation .....i mean ..for an exam that im studying day and night ....manage to get a decent score ...a random lower caste person who is probably more rich and has better facilities (because his parents too got reservation )..takes up a wayy better college then me after scoring less than half of what i did ......umm ...how fair does that sounds?
ik there is caste system in india ...does not mean every sc st deserves a reservation ......because of these reservation many ineligible, not so qualified people take up the seats that an upper caste qualified student deserved ......
Yes, it’s fairly common in many families for ceremonies like the Janeu Sanskar to include gift-giving by relatives and guests. The amount can vary depending on the family’s traditions, financial status, and the number of attendees.
@@dontmisimi i mentioned that u even gift them back ..... which is mostly gold and cash ..so thats expensive too.....most cases u never really gain anything from these ceremonies .......basically its really unusual for anybody to "get" money. ...also its not a one day thing ...so u have to spend on alot more things for the accommodation of many guests for almost 10-15 days
@snehamishra8403 not hindi but I assume the child probably took the money and the parents had to pay the price of return gifts. Personal experience and observation .I'm muslim btw we also have caste quite prominent mostly in marriges though .I dont belive in though . Though boys can marry anyone they want it's a unfair system coming from a boy😅
You sound really ignornarnt towards what the op is trying to convey. Atleast READ THEIR COMMENT FIRST.@@dontmisimi
@@dontmisimi you gift them back too, we had jaenu spend around 1 lack rupees got back 24000 you are not touching the topic and running away sister, I commented before watching the whole video holy sh... I commented on raised person video please be neutral
Glad to see people commenting how they might be financially doing good but socially still gawar. Also thanks misimi for pointing out this topic❤
You yourself stated that growing up as a person in an urban setting, you didn't have much understanding of caste or even faced any discrimination UNTIL you sat for entrance exams. Because it's true than most people in cities, especially the younger generation, do not discriminate or even care about caste. It was you getting reservations that pissed off your general category friends, and rightfully so. Your maid's daughter will not get the reservation because people like you who don't NEED reservation, take it, and use it as an unfair advantage. I'm all for reservation as long the creamy layer, especially people with access to the best tutions, books and opportunities, are left out of it. That will help people from lower castes who are actually backward, from rural and underdeveloped places, and not just on paper. Imo, all the 'casteism' that you faced stemmed from watching a rich person with all facilities getting reservation, not actual casteist prejudices.
And fyi, someone getting into your dream college with a rank that is triple of yours feels equally bad as the so called casteism you claim to have faced.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 well said
i think there is a creamy layer thing for obc people, because i myself didnt get a caste certificate because of my parents income. but i dont know if it exists for sc st people.
@@sss40719 OBCs are like: Na reservation na ijjat.
Spot on
Yup she didn't even concluded the video well
I love how nuanced and well-done this is!! Great job Misimi
Your videos are too good and bold. Love your content and the fact that you neither commented on any caste or if someone's behavior is right or wrong and left the audience to see the right or wrong is appreciable
absolutely real, when i tell my friends that its STILL being practiced they are like nah we are genzs why would anyone discriminate blah blah but there are SO MANY PEOPLE WHO OPENLY DISCRIMINATE IN OUR CLASS BASED ON CASTE. one of them went "humara khoon toh kshatiryon ka hai whyd we even be friends with sc sts" ???????? Once one of them hatesd this guy for being a teachers pet toh she went "pakka sc st ka hoga mai toh inke kareeb bhi na jau"...and the reservation thing especially people dont consider ki sc st people do get in on the basis of merit as well! Whenever any sort of puja is done, my parents would call themselves lower caste and avoid touching the pandit directly. In the villages of my parents side, being an sc st our community people live at the very end of the village and no one of the upper caste would enter that side. My parents never told my about our caste until i got to know myself and asked about it, I was told not to tell anyone about it. At that time i thought no one could care less about my caste, but i was so wrong. Being rich or poor only affects how openly one is discriminated, if poor youll def be openly targeted and if not people will talk about it behing ur back, either ways u will be discriminated.
Just because some people discriminate based on caste does not mean that you were denied the same education and opportunities as the general students of your class. It's like saying that I was bullied in school because of my darker skin so I should get a reservation... Social discrimination is a sad reality, I agree. But the fact is that discrimination did not lead to opression or denial in education or opportunity. Hence the preferential treatment of reserved castes in selection in higher education and jobs create a unfair playing ground where students with same kind of education are treated differently, hence igniting more discrimination based on reservation and the sense of unfair unequality it gives to the SCs.
the village experience you mentioned, I agree is a reality too. But not in Urban India, The above paragraph is in relation to the Urban Indian context, as for the Rural Indian context, I wholeheartedy agree that for the social and economic upliftment of Rural India and the SCs of Rural India, Proper reservations should be given to them because there the discrimination often penetrates their rural schools. But also a wider reservation must also be given to the economically weaker classes of India, because as you said discrimination is open in economically weak societies, where it starts to translates into opressive exclusionary acts. But to equate that with the discrimination of urban India is simply unequal and unjust since in urban settings it's a discrimination that never translates to anything, equal opportunity and education stays.
The most weird thing is when people claim to be Brahmin or Kshatriya despite not even knowing who their great grandparents were
@@dewy_droplets that's the same as saying jail all men, because majority of criminals are men. But hardly 2 percent of the total male population are criminals
@@mr.d3051 I understand some of your perspective, but caste-based discrimination is deeply rooted and persists even in urban contexts, often in subtle tho impactful ways. Discrimination isn’t just about overt denial of education or opportunities; it even includes systemic and societal barriers that hinder confidence, integration, and access to informal networks critical for growth. Urban India may provide the same textbooks, but the psychological and social setbacks caused by exclusionary attitudes are significant. Reservations aim to address centuries of structural exclusion, not just immediate discrimination. They work to LEVEL a playing field where generational privilege still influences who gets access to opportunities and the influence of the upper caste in high positions. It’s also important to note that many SC/ST individuals succeed on merit, yet they are unfairly labeled as “beneficiaries of reservation,” which perpetuates stigma. Framing reservations as unfair overlooks their role in correcting systemic inequities and risks fueling resentment, which worsens the very discrimination they seek to reduce. Instead, I feel we gotta focus on addressing inequities without undermining the progress made through these policies.
@@CiskoLunar-mk3yw The "jail all men" analogy doesn’t fit here because caste discrimination isn’t about isolated actions but deeply ingrained biases that still exist-even among Gen Z. As you pointed out, people openly discriminate in class and beyond, making judgments based on caste regardless of merit or economic status. Reservations aren’t punishment but a way to level the field for communities that still face systemic bias. It’s not about individuals; it’s about fixing a larger issue.
I think this problem is deeply rooted to the core no matter how lenient you really are , some part of you is still the same .
The problem with the reservation situation is , when as a general category student you see a vast difference in marks needed , it gets demotivating. But the thing that we can't see easily is that the "lower cast" (idk why we call it that) have been denied of information and opportunities that this actually uplifts the .
I don't think reservation is the solution and i also know if not reservation then what ?
I just dont understand this world and i am tired of it
This is a praiseworthy work you did Misimi ma'm.
Thankyou for speaking on this problem.
In Indian the main root cause of every problem indirectly or directly is So called casteism and its founding religion.
And upper caste person argue reservation by saying foreign country rely on merit
((Since merit is subjective term))not on any quota system
But they don't even know that America has given Reservation to black named as
" Affirmative action" even in private sector along with public.
Also say that Reservations should be on economic basis but when they do discrimination on any person they check the caste not economic standard .
Casteism isn't a problem that can be solved through reservation, in fact it will increase the heat between castes. Besides that the government should focus to support economically backwards people(whose "major part is lower caste"). The lack of "lower caste" people in higher ranks/jobs isn't only caused by casteism but majorly due to corruption and lack of qualifications which is problem for everyone. So government should focus on giving improving free and quality education and provide opportunities for economically weaker classes.
Wow. You didn't listen to a single word she just said
Reservation is just a representation of a particular community in the administration.It empowers the particular community in the discriminating society leads to improvement of social status. Brahmins are powerful not only due to Varna System or Brahman Dharma but also due to their participation in administrative power sharing.So get out of here, your idea is useless.
Unless you are able to erase thousands of years' worth of history and culture that actively promotes a societal hierarchy based on caste, and even harder re-educate the entire Indian population on TRUE principles of equality and a MODERN civic sense, then no, it is impossible. You may claim to have good intentions but don't contradict yourself by turning a blind eye to the reality that is that casteism is a system that is inherently discriminatory and incompatible with any form of 'equality' or 'equity', and that much like any power dynamic the upper castes will always defend it, willingly or not.
You are sick my friend
Just a thing that i have noticed is that in competitive examinations or any jobs the sc have 15 percent and sts have 7.5 percent thats like 22.5 percent reservation and the rest of the 27 percent belongs to obcs which was later introduced not by ambedkar, but the obcs will not be hated or taunted but these sc sts will be. Doesnt it sound fishy? everytime reservations comes up sc sts are blamed. Like bro its not even ¼th of the total. But again people need a reason to hate. Btw good video.
So glad to see more people of our generation talking about casteism. It is such a deep rooted problem and avoided by those who don't directly experience the horrors it has inflicted. Being from a Malayali Christian family, I myself never came to realise the depths of casteism that is still prevalent. My family never covered caste or even most societal issues for that matter. But, as I grew up, seeing the unfairness of Indian society made me delve deeper into the topic and realise how much casteism still affects literally every single part of the country. Now, living in the center of Urban Bangalore, just seeing how almost all of the BBMP workers, who wake up early every morning to clean the shit, literal and metaphorical, that the urban upper caste throw out every day are of lower caste, it makes me realise that caste has never left us. It will never go away, until we develop an education system which properly tackles societal issues including casteism, and until the government develops better reforms to help aid those that truly suffer from the caste system.
Mallu xtiqns are equally casteist. Just go to Kerala and see the separate churches made for Dalits, like Dalit pallis
Being a ST category man, I just used to think (in school) that why people leave me after knowing my last name. And people say there's no casteism in 2024. Lol.
Thanks a lot for making this video!!!!
The generation of our parents had a chance to break these casteism barriers by simply denying the ideology that their parents tried to push on them. But even educated Brahmins of that same generation not only have accepted it but also are actively propagating the same under the guise of "pRoTeCtiNg oUr CuLtUrE". Just like you said at 10:42 that casteism is still around us but better masked.
This decision on our parents' part is what is indoctrinating upper caste youth into adhering to the same ideology, especially in these times of high academic and professional pressure where the youth is actively searching for someone to hate for all of their problems and failures.
And I can say this about Brahmins because I am one. Casteism is so ingrained into our social lives that my parents had to point out these things behind the backs of our relatives and family to make sure we don't fall into such bs. And they couldn't do so openly because the Chinese whispers would've killed off their professional and social lives in our native state.
wow obc sc/st apne cullture m piroud kare toh thik par brahman kare toh gand jalti h
1:40 Behen, Kashyap has nothing to do with caste, it is a 'Gotra'
you think i don’t know that? thats the point of changing the surname so that it’s hard to tell the caste? are your 2 braincells working overtime and still can’t figure such a simple thing out?
@dontmisimi When did your tribe get discriminated then, that you changed the surname?, Assam is full of tribes...
Typical bramhin lying 🤥
@@y1.5 All Upper castes are not Brahmins
@@Leibert140 nobody's bramhan.
I discovered what castism is like im college fr. To me, its insane how people, people we look up to or people who i assumed to be wise and old can so easily discriminate on the basis of where you were born, its like logic and morals just left the chat. My own parents discriminate, and when i questioned/challenged these opinions they would just mellow it out saying "you wont understand now, just know youre lucky '
I hope that made u realise that reservation can get u college easily but won't finish castism. So reservation is not helping. Alone education can help to finish castism
N if u think st sc r poor then welcome to economic based reservation
hey, i just wanna say i've been loving your videos, the way you speak, what you talk about, everything.
please keep uploading!!
aw, thank you! do suggest ideas
Garda topics pe video banati hai aap@@dontmisimi
Mai OBC hun pata nhi upper caste hun ya lower caste😂😂(Patel from Bihar)
@@dontmisimi
Do you earn?
If yes what r your views on Tax and the debates happening on the internet.
Mamta memes
@@SHAKTI_MANshe is taking hot n debatable topics to get more comments n engagement look at her old vids they r worth nothing hehe bro jus trynna be famous. With half baked information
Thank you so much for making this! I've grown up in the US and am struggling to connect with and build awareness of caste issues that have obviously but invisibly shaped a lot of my life. So it was really insightful to hear your experiences... I hope more young people use their platforms like this.
and glad I found your channel cuz the other stuff is awesome too keep it up
as a sindhi teen from general category, I'm glad Sindhi Hindus, atleast in India have never adhered to the caste system or maybe some do, idk. maybe it's because of the incredibly low population of us in india but i digress. growing up, we never had caste discussions in our household but ig my family, unfortunately is against the caste based reservations because identifying ourselves by "caste" is such an alien thing for sindhi hindus. we tend to bond over our language and ethnicity only. i still dont know nor care if I'm a brahmin or kshatriya or vaishya whatever lol. thank you sm misimi for making a video on such an important yet neglected topic like this.
Sindhis do have communities, but they’re more like sedentary tribes than “castes” because Sindh (and also Punjab) are peripheral regions where brahmanical authority is not that strong. Many of these Punjabi and Sindhi tribes like Khatris, Jatts, Kambojas actually migrated from further north in Central Asia or Afghanistan after the establishment of the Varna system in the sub-continent. They don’t traditionally have any position in the “caste” hierarchy but some, like Khatris, accepted brahmanical authority later on, for which they got a “Kshatriya status” despite being merchants by profession. Irony is, the most casteist group, Rajputs, are actually composed of peasants and tribals who managed to acquire land and accepted brahmanical authority. The Brahmins gave them “Kshatriya” status and made up imaginary lineages connecting them to actual kings who were called Rajput (son of King).
But how are you all so rich?
Caste is NOT alien to you Sindis BECAUSE , The Hindu Sindis who are still in PAK are MOSTLY Dalits . During partition only the previlaged and rich could escape from the Ashrafs and they BLOCKED these Dalits to enter India.
@@timepasstubee Sindhi who migrated to India were not rich most of came barefoot they also have their own struggle they also struggled financially and yes they didn't face discrimination which is not having disadvantage rather than having advantage Sindhi were not socially backward community so they became rich by hardwork and their expertise..
Finally, some of the younger generation of SC/ST people are speaking out about caste discrimination without hiding their caste identity. So much respect for you girl🙇keep talking about this.
Ise kya mil jaayega, I think it is best to stop discussing castes openly that's how it will be abolished from society it will take time.
@idiotsontheroad-ind4681 Ok boss, i guess you didn't understood what she's said in video you should watch again this video. And again you didn't understood then keep your own opinion to yourself
@@nirav8761 Democracy ha koi kuch bhi bol skta ha jaise tu bol rha ha
After 2014 in India modern caste system has been imposing by the government because they don't want constitution of India 😢
i want to thank you for talking about this cuz i've never seen someone talk about it so open mindedly. im grateful i found your channel, i relate to it a lot and this video is just the one where i felt like "is she talking bout me?" lol
Good to see younger folk talking about such issues. Caste cannot be eradicated only by reservation. Social dialogue like this is also equally important. Keep up the good work.
The situation is bad at ground and this need to be addressed thank you
is casteism a problem in India: YES
is reservation unfair: YES
All credit goes to the people who started this cycle of casteism which led to reservation and then led to hate because they have a reservation law, nowadays most of casteism I see is "They take the seat", it isn't much about the blood thing at least in urban areas
You are so right.
@@ツAnshツ tell me a single good thing which reservation has done since it was introduced in india . Also some examples of these reserved students being on a post of power in private companies
@@Vk9970-p3b just google it
Real.
@@Vk9970-p3b Study brother study, without reservations , many sc/st and even obc's couldn't have been uplifted. the caste system doesn't allow this. that system wants the sc/st to do their work not the rich man's work or work of authority. also it doesnt allows them to study.
Misimi could you please create a video exploring why India is often perceived as one of the worst countries to live in and why there seems to be racism towards India from people in other parts of the world? ❤
Also Excellent video! You’ve done a fantastic job of shedding light on the truth and presenting it so honestly. Truly appreciate your courage and effort in addressing such an important topic!
Because of uneducated Indian with inferiority complex and always sexualising females that’s it 😂
The cause are the uneducated people from India who lack respect for girls and feel very inferior towards white skin that’s it 👍
Watch her video about russian women and you'll find out, trust me you'll love it
Because of Hinduism and Hindus.
Being gen z studying in an elite school surrounded by rich general people yet taking a stand and talking about your caste is such a Queen move. Proud of you girl!
Ohh girl … every word you said, I could relate to. As if you were talking about me. I am 38, lived in Pune,Mumbai and Bangalore ,but thereis no escape from cast discrimination in corporate, society, college even in school ( which we didn’t understand, back then. Attitude of teachers towards us). We might have taken reservation to enter college but scored more than you in exams got better percent and got better placement based on our hardwork but it was quickly discredited based reservation I took to enter college. As you grow you will realise how deep root caste discrimination . 😮😮😮
While preparing for competitive exams, your friends didn't dislike you for being from a certain caste, they disliked you because due to your birth privileges, you can get the same outcome as your friends even by applying 5% as much effort. Keep this in mind when you feel the urge to label them as casteist.
sure, when i am clearly better at drawing, getting air 38, scoring in 90s above them, the audacity to say applying 5% as much effort. where was this energy while flexing being brahmin all year lol
@dontmisimi air 38 in what? Also, doesn't matter if you get, say, AIR 1000 in iitjee (which is extremely impressive btw), it still doesn't erase the fact that you'll get the seat that a general candidate would get with air 50! You'll still be undeserving! (Unless you manage to get ranked so high that reservation won't make a difference in what you get)
@dontmisimi and being flexing about being Brahmin is casteist, I agree. And your being better at drawing, scoring 90s above them and all, how does that disprove the fact that reserved candidates get seats that they don't deserve to get? You may be more capable than your friends, sure, but you'll still be getting a seat that you don't deserve!
the efficiency in the government sector is so low because of the undeserved candidates selected in the name of reservation. I work in the bank and I suffer so much because of these undeserved candidates who don't even know how to enter a data in the computer
@yogi2760 exactly, and this effect is increased exponentially as those candidates rise through the ranks (due to caste being considered even when giving promotions in govt offices, because why not?), and affect the work of everyone under them
Janeu is not a symbol of upper caste. It's a symbol of purity, people who are not Brahmins by caste can also wear it as a sense spirituality. I had a friend who wasn't Brahmin but he still used to wear janeu because he was really into spirituality and religious scriptures.
Ye dalit humse chidhte hai.....Hum Punjabi Khatri hai........Sabse zyada top businessmen humari community se aate hai........
@TejikaBhardwaj I'm glad someone corrected the janeu part of the video !!
Caste discrimination should be legalized
@@coolguy-zm7tn Brother whatever you are saying is not right and really shocking that you are still thinking like this. I'm an upper caste Hindu but I never cared about it even when my parents and other relatives tell me to be proud about it i don't think there is anything to be proud of, you are born with it you didn't earned or something like that and if you haven't done any extra ordinary for something, i don't find anything to be proud off. And I don't also care about other people's caste even one of mine bestfriend is from some lower caste but I never cared about and 1 year ago i didn't even know this until one of my friend told me that she is from this lower caste and all I said that well it doesn't matter because I never shown any interest in her caste or a other person caste. My take on this will you should not care about people's caste anymore we are in 2024 grow up there are a lot of things u should care about.
@@TejikaBhardwaj You can't change Casteist people, they will remain frustrated with reservation till they die...
Fun fact:- Even politicians can't do anything.
Everyone will say it's because they are. yes, they are also part of this for their own benefit, but it's out of their hands now...
Those who never experienced caste Discrimination. they do not know the pain of SC/ST people. Those who understand it. they will never complain about it. If you have problem with it, look around the world, different kinds of reservations exists in some forms, then form your opinion. The problem is upper caste is that they form their opinion about somebody without knowing/understanding them. they just assume without any facts/evidences
@@umakantamoury4959 those who do got into universities and goy jobs by not studying and only by playing victim card won't ever be able to imagine the pain of the student who is studying day and night but wasn't able to clear the exam or got a job just because of stupid reservation
@@umakantamoury4959 those who got into good universities by not studying at all due to reservation will never understand the pain reservation causes to the student who studies day and night for competitive exams
as a st guy. people would never understand the discrimination we have to see like its really really at a fcked up level. people just cuss you and you think like you cant even be friends with upper caste people. like it just drops your perception for yourself and future completely when you face discrimination like that
@@Nynsai_altfun_2 how does reservation helps in reducing that discrimination
Lol if u are poor jus tell them u deserve reservation. N if u are rich then don't take reservations n be a proud guy n if they still mock u then confront them I'm UC i never mock caste j mock people individually for being whiny
Stop labeling yourself with cast. Cast identification is political game plane to devide and rule.
9:11 totally agreed and Thank You For Addressing This Issues, You Earned A Subscriber😃😃😃
I never actually comment on youtube but thank you for making this video and addressing this! ignoranct people from our generation need to know that it still exists. you’re v brave for this! xx❤️❤️
i'm glad it resonated with you❤️
@@dontmisimi @oceanicaaaaa is right actually it is "brave" to staunchly put up the issue about the deeply rooted caste problem of the Indian Society in the Present times of Brahminical-minded Hindutva Ideology driven RSS and Modi Government but I would like to also highlight that actually, it shouldn't have been brave to put up this issue, instead this casteism and caste-based discrimination discourse should be normalized to be put up and raised in public to create a progressive, inclusive and equitable society... But the thing which has happened in the past decade and especially since the Implementation of the 1992 Mandal Commission Report was the 27 percent Reservation to the Shudras was also provided as OBCs... and after 1992 this Casteism and Caste Based Discrimination Discourse was completely Hijacked by the Brahminical minded Savarna Upper caste Peoples and the discourse was completely snatched away from the lower castes hands by the RSS and the human mobilization of RSS towards the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya and its demolition in 1992 and created an atmosphere of violent extremist religious fervor in the Country by violently and Religiously Fanatically proposing the creation of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on top of demolished Mosque and they did created that Ram Mandir on top of it But there is still no proof to this date that there was any Hindu Temple Structure, it is publically said by the Archeological Survey of India in the Supreme Court Hearings that there was no CONCREATE evidence of any Hindu Temple architecture below the Babri Mosque after its demolition happened instead the ASI found some Relics of Buddhist Stupas and also a Jain Temple Structure below it. But finally, I am really happy to see that now from the past 1 or 2 years the Social Justice Discourse is finally getting back into the hands of the Lower Castes Indians, who actually deserve to hold the Steering of the Social Justice Discourse in Our Country...
@@dontmisimi oceanicaaaaa is right actually it is "brave" to staunchly put up the issue about the deeply rooted caste problem of the Indian Society in the Present times of Brahminical-minded Hindutva Ideology driven RSS and Modi Government but I would like to also highlight that actually, it shouldn't have been brave to put up this issue, instead this casteism and caste-based discrimination discourse should be normalized to be put up and raised in public to create a progressive, inclusive and equitable society... But the thing which has happened in the past decade and especially since the Implementation of the 1992 Mandal Commission Report was the 27 percent Reservation to the Shudras was also provided as OBCs... and after 1992 this Casteism and Caste Based Discrimination Discourse was completely Hijacked by the Brahminical minded Savarna Upper caste Peoples and the discourse was completely snatched away from the lower castes hands by the RSS and the human mobilization of RSS towards the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya and its demolition in 1992 and created an atmosphere of violent extremist religious fervor in the Country by violently and Religiously Fanatically proposing the creation of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on top of demolished Mosque and they did created that Ram Mandir on top of it But there is still no proof to this date that there was any Hindu Temple Structure, it is publically said by the Archeological Survey of India in the Supreme Court Hearings that there was no CONCREATE evidence of any Hindu Temple architecture below the Babri Mosque after its demolition happened instead the ASI found some Relics of Buddhist Stupas and also a Jain Temple Structure below it. But finally, I am really happy to see that now from the past 1 or 2 years the Social Justice Discourse is finally getting back into the hands of the Lower Castes Indians, who actually deserve to hold the Steering of the Social Justice Discourse in Our Country...
I was not expecting much from this video by a someone around my age, till i watched. As i saw the title my mind went "oh girlie, you sure you wanna talk about??" But damn, though short, but you covered several topics and this is not a easy tppic to talk about, especially to urbanite gen z audience who were taught a out caste prejuidice as a thing of past (tbh must of us were sleeping in those social sci classes) and like to whine "caste based reservation is useless, let's remove it", the bare % of a majority group (bahujans) you see in schools/institutes is very much because of caste based reservation, if it wasn't for reservation, you would NEVER have a president from Adivasi because casteism is sooo darn strong and normative. Reservations is basically there to unsure the represention of a the chunk of Indian population which it has been denied for 2000+ years.
Hats off to you @dontmisimi for sharing your own part of the story, it js definitely not easy to speak about this to a gen z audience, especially as a person who herself is from the very background
Hey Misimi, it's great to see the new educated generation becoming vocal about caste issues. They're no longer ashamed to discuss topics that generally well-off families avoid for fear of being judged by upper-caste individuals.
Thank you for this Video, I cracked Jee mains and Jee advanced but after getting to one of the best NITs in North India I got discriminated against, there are many caste groups in my college, still roaming in that city for rooms they ask the surname before giving the room. Cast discrimination never stopped, casteism changed their medium.
Mannnn! This video is actually relatable, I've faced many similar situations like that , when I was in class 3rd I asked my dad what is the meaning of "caste" and why they are filling SC in the diary column then my dad told it was some kind of code used in address just to avoid telling what it is, and my dad told me to never tell my caste to anyone. I was like okt you know curiosity, I asked my tuition teacher " Didi, what's your caste? Are you SC" and then she replied "Chi.... we are not that people, we are clean people I'm pure Brhamin" and from that day I understood why I have to keep it as a secret. Fast forward Highschool, you know during admission of 11th grade they ask for caste and percentage. Then friends peeped into form and they said " WHATT!?? You are Sc??!! But bro you are very good at academics and even scored 90 percent, how can you be a SC? you don't look like one." Then from that they used to mock me for my caste, ...and friendship didn't last long. I really really appreciate you for making this video. I know you would be facing outrage and trolling for this video, but don't care about those people.
Keep pushing forward! You're doing an incredible job, and your videos on engaging topics are precious. Stay motivated and keep sharing your creativity with the world! 🙌✌✨
Relatable ho gya kaafi (i am sc too) aaja gale mil 🫂
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more power to you girl, you made us proud and thankyou for addressing this issue.
the only thing i'm kinda eh about caste system is that so many undeserving candidates get seats due to reservation. i'm not talking about the sc/st/obc ppl who actually work hard, i'm talking abt those who take advantage of the caste system. i have seen so many people illegally change their caste using connections which is so fucked up. i'm muslim so i fall into general category but whatever i don't really care. in my opinion, college entrance exams shouldn't have reservations, it should only be based on merit. on the other hand, job placements wtvr it is called should have reservations because obviously interviewers can be prejudiced against lower castes.
hopefully whatever i said was coherent lol
I agree with your statement.
You are muslims muslims r the most hypocritical gotta be honest like 90% of muslims of west bengal have onc reservation 😂
West bengal never had castism inthe first place yet this is so fkn wild😂
Merit is a myth proven by reasearch Data everything just like your religion you don't follow logic go on.
@@LostinMango blah blah all i'm hearing is u are islamophobic & i don't think ppl who hate on other ppl's religions have any value
People are not showing the other side of this caste discrimination thing this is the real story from my city
There was a brahmin guy who went to a restaurant and ordered something veg and owner/ worker of that restaurant was from a lower caste so when he saw that this guy has a chutia he decided to serve him non veg food and when the guy confront the worker/owner he attacked him with some other guys working at the restaurant the guy was brutally injured and he was rushed to hospital but still no one covered this news
You earned two things from me 1. Respect 2. Subscription. Kudos to make a video with honest truth about society
I am belong from a upper caste (maratha) and l scored 98%centile and still couldn't get into any top colleges in India.. further more most of my classmates who used to belong to sc/st or OBC categories used to always make fun of me this continued till college. If there is 3-5% upper caste population in india and the maximum population is lower caste so you think only people from lower caste deserve education what about equality??? Most upper caste are working on a bigger post because they have always been 1st in every academic year. Additionally, we also have to pay lakhs even if we come in merit and people from lower caste have to pay what only 1500 inr?? There are so many campaigns in india for equality in education which justifys to just give reservation on the basis of merit and not caste.. atleast provide equality in education.. Even Dr. Baba ambedkar saheb fought for equality!! I am sorry been following for you for so long but this video looked biased..
Heard brother!
@@uzamakinaruto8943 Bro l am shano Koli maratha.. do you even know what that is?? I am from Satara... Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj??
its the ancestoral karma you're suffering nothing more, you get to enjoy the ancestral advantages so obviously you're going to suffer their karmas too and also most of the lower cast people are poor you cannot just pick handful of rich people and call the whole community rich and about equality, you can never have equality because when you were not even born equal how do you expect equality? lower caste people were oppressed and even tortured for centuries ofcourse you'll have to give them back the resources that were snatched from their ancestors, and most upper caste people work on bigger post not because they have always been 1st in academic but because they HAD opportunity they HAD resources, like when india became independent general people had generational wealth and resources while lower caste people were just starting to live like other people so tell me who would have a better chance of having higher education and jobs, the family that has employed and educated members or the one just starting out? and about the video she just told her experience nothing more how is that even biasness? is it biased just because she belongs to sc st? its you that has a very limited perspective on casteism because ofcourse how will you even have it when you were privileged enough to be just born in the upper caste and never face the discrimination and even the torture those lower caste people still face on daily basis
You are right and she's even avoiding most of the comments.
Controversy= views
And ofc the MAJORITY of the population will support bcz ofc the are larger in numbers
Mi pan 96 kuli maratha aahe ani tu khup vichitra argument det aahes. Babasaheb fought for the upliftment of marginalised castes. He fought for RESERVATIONS. Jaativad hi gosht hazaro varshanparyant chalo rahili aahe. To destroy the caste system and caste based discrimination that has been so long rooted in our culture, how can you expect only 80 years of reservations in public sector and education to do the job? Reservations are NOT about financial upliftment, they are about representation and a continuous upliftment of caste based communities. Additionally, Marathas are the largest caste in Maharashtra. There is a difference between traditional high castes like Brahmins and Dominant castes like Marathas, Reddy, Kamma etc. "Merit" is subjective. The entire indian education system is wrong and hazardous to the health of our nation and our youth. Instead of educating, organising and agitating against such an unfair system that was invented just to create a sheep like workforce for the British, you remain uneducated about the realities of caste and education and agitate against an easy target like reserved category students, because it requires less work and is more popular
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this is super relatable, getting that from your friends hits hard. but crazy how you're bravely speaking about it, madd respectt. queen fr.
Well, I am from Assam too and belong to the OBC category. Never in my life have I faced casteism. Both my mother and father are graduates, and I’ve never heard them talk about facing any kind of discrimination despite being OBC. One more thing,I’m from a small village that you probably wouldn’t have heard of.
I know that the situation might be different in other parts of India, but as someone from the Northeast, I don’t think well-to-do people deserve caste-based reservations, at least here. There’s no significant caste discrimination at the ground level. I’m not denying the existence of small incidents, but they’re rare.
Using "Kashyap" as a surname for protection against caste discrimination? If you’re Assamese and saying this, even after living in Assam, you’re lying. From my experience, and considering that you seem to come from a well-to-do family (based on your videos..by Assam’s standards, you’re quite well-off), I can confidently say you wouldn’t have faced discrimination. I’m not talking about Brahmin families during the times of our grandparents, but at present, people from our generation and parents don’t discriminate. I’ve seen Assamese Brahmins and even Nepali Brahmins in Assam eat food in ST households, sharing the same plates. Things might have been different during the times of our grandparents, but today, this isn’t an issue.
the use of “Kashyap,” it may have that history in the past, but for us in Assam, claiming to use it because of that history is hard to believe. I understand that things might be different in other parts of India, but in the Northeast, casteism is hardly prevalent.saying this all cause i think you have mentioned in your bio that you are an Assamese.
As for friendships like “you’re Brahmin, I’m Brahmin,” it’s not just about caste. It’s a natural tendency, similar to how Indians bond with each other when abroad.
The fact that SC/ST candidates get selected based on reservations, even when they have access to every possible facility, is laughable..and the same applies to OBC candidates. People need to stop justifying their reservations by referencing historical discrimination, especially now in 2025, and especially in the Northeast. I guess as long as SC and ST candidates take seats with their reservations, even after being financially well-off, those memes remain accurate. Yes, they have the right to do so.
Regarding Bollywood actors being from upper castes..honestly, that’s the dumbest example so far. Bollywood is driven more by nepotism than casteism. An upper-caste person without connections won’t get a chance, but a lower-caste person with the right links will. This specific argument in your video felt ridiculous, like a victim card to justify wrong things
Why shouldn’t people from the general category discriminate? When they see their seats being taken by someone from a reserved category, even if that person is wealthy, their resentment is understandable. It’s hard not to hate a system/people that allows people to take advantage of reservations while playing the victim card.
P.S. As someone who is OBC (NCL) and yes, I’m going to take advantage of the reservation I’m entitled to. For me, it’s an opportunity. But I’m not going to pretend I’ve faced discrimination or play the victim card just to justify it.
The audacity to accuse me of lying simply because my experiences don’t align with yours is unacceptable. I’ve already clarified that I didn’t face casteism and, like you, thought our society was casteless for a long time. However, that doesn’t invalidate the experiences me and my family have had. I didn’t need reservations in any of my exams, and if you think you’re undeserving of reservation yet still use it for an advantage, that’s your outlook-not mine. It’s your projection to assume everyone else is the same.
As for looking well-to-do, I’ve already acknowledged that I am now, but my family hasn’t always been. If you’re judging solely based on social media, know that I’ve had a job since school and have been earning my own money for quite some time. Financial status isn’t a factor in determining whether someone or their family has faced caste discrimination.
Regarding the Bollywood discussion, the sources are linked in the description. It’s not an opinion-it’s a fact. Denying something simply because it hasn’t happened to you is ignorant and ridiculous.
Audacity??? Before that, I think you need to read the whole thing..instead of understanding (or picking)half of it and making it about "invalidating your experiences."Pretty ignorant, isn’t it? Anyway, I think what you’ve missed is.. 'Using "Kashyap" as a surname for protection against caste discrimination? If you're Assamese and saying this..even after living in Assam...you’re lying.' The statement about lying isn’t about your personal experiences, but about using 'Kashyap' as protection against discrimination (after being an Assamese). People don’t need that kind of protection in Assam (not linking it to gotra or etc).
As for the Bollywood part, it’s not about facts. Just because more people from higher castes are in Bollywood doesn’t mean they got those opportunities solely because of their caste. If that were the case, the Khans wouldn't have ruled in India, because religion is an equally significant issue, which also includes discrimination. Having higher representation doesn’t automatically make it a fact
Undeserving of reservation'? 😂 the NCL (in brackets) says a lot, so read that part too before giving opinions like, 'If you think undeserving of reservations.' The EWS and OBC (NCL) are reservations based on income, which clearly makes more sense than those based on caste...especially for states like the Northeast and in 2024
The financial factor is, in fact, a determining factor, and if you're denying it, you're being ignorant. I don’t need to give examples of how it's a determining factor..just look around, and you will see hundreds of examples
"Both my mother and father are graduates, and I’ve never heard them talk about facing any kind of discrimination despite being OBC."
They might not have faced overt discrimination, but that’s likely because they haven’t challenged the system of oppression directly.
Reservation was never intended as an economic upliftment tool. It was always about social upliftment for the historically oppressed. If you’re informed enough to have an opinion on this matter, you should take the time to research why it was introduced.
"There’s no significant caste discrimination at the ground level. I’m not denying the existence of small incidents, but they’re rare."
This perspective is incorrect. The caste system deeply influences every aspect of Indian society-be it elections, marriages, or systemic oppression. Women being raped and hung on trees to assert caste dominance is not a “small incident.” These acts are extreme manifestations of a societal wound that reservation seeks to address. Reservation is, at best, a band-aid solution, but you can’t remove the band-aid without first healing the wound-that is, dismantling the caste system.
"I’ve seen Assamese Brahmins and even Nepali Brahmins in Assam eat food in ST households, sharing the same plates. Things might have been different during the times of our grandparents, but today, this isn’t an issue."
Sharing a meal doesn’t erase generations of discrimination-it’s hardly an act worthy of celebration. True change happens when such acts are consistent with broader acceptance, like letting SC/ST individuals serve as priests in temples traditionally dominated by upper castes. If you’re from a small village, ask the local temple authorities if they’d welcome an SC/ST/Dalit priest alongside others-not in separate temples, but as equals. That would be a better measure of true progress.
Regarding people changing their surnames: Lower-caste individuals don’t just change their surnames-they often alter their way of life to avoid discrimination. They do this to secure basic things like housing or societal inclusion. These actions are survival strategies, not choices made lightly.
"As for friendships like ‘you’re Brahmin, I’m Brahmin,’ it’s not just about caste. It’s a natural tendency, similar to how Indians bond with each other when abroad."
This is an overly simplistic and flawed analogy. Children should form friendships based on shared interests, not caste. The fact that caste influences even childhood friendships is a reflection of how deeply ingrained it is in society. This isn’t the fault of the children but of the conditioning they’re subjected to, which perpetuates caste-based divisions as “normal.”
Finally, reservation cannot be judged solely through an economic lens. Its purpose is to address social inequities. Yes, it’s a temporary measure, but until society offers free education for all and equal respect for all types of work, it remains necessary. Achieving this in a capitalist framework may be difficult, but it doesn’t invalidate the role of reservation.
And most importantly, this isn’t about your personal experiences alone. Just because you or your family haven’t faced discrimination doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Discrimination is systemic, pervasive, and deeply entrenched in our society.
@@Goutham-30799 Challenged? Well, if you haven’t encountered any discrimination, why would you or who should you challenge anything?
I’m well aware, but in the present scenario, it’s increasingly about economic upliftment.
Regarding the 'ground level' part, I have this question...are you guys ignorant, or are you just interested in picking a random line out of an entire paragraph and generalizing it? Learn to connect the lines. Just before the 'ground level' statement, I mentioned something about 'other parts of India' (read that part and connect the whole paragraph), which clearly indicates I’m specifically talking about Assam/Northeast India. So, your justification for this specific paragraph is wrong. I’m not even discussing the whole of India, so I’m not going to give my point of view on that.
Metals? Dude, not sharing the same plates or having different plates for lower castes is also a form of discrimination, in case you aren’t aware. And stop complaining about generational discrimination and such. People need to live in the present..you can’t change the past, even if you cry a sea about it.
As for priests? Well, we have religious places called Namghars, and the main person who performs the diya and agarbatti rituals can also be from a lower caste.
A flawed analogy? People tend to feel connected to others who share common ground, especially in initial interactions. she mentioned about how the bond formed initially..not necessarily how deep the friendship becomes. For example, Indians in foreign lands initially bond because they are Indian, but whether that bond deepens into genuine friendship depends on shared interests. Bonding over common ground is human instinct, but it can evolve differently based on circumstances. Initial bonding will never happen in a certain way just because you think that’s the 'right' way or because you want it to happen in a specific manner.
Again, you’ve proven your ignorance. I questioned 'using Kashyap as protection against discrimination' because she is Assamese. (Read that para again)In Assam, people don’t discriminate based on surnames or titles. Perhaps, before being offended, you need to understand the context of certain things. For instance, whether the comment is discussing India as a whole or Assam specifically.
Finally, the point isn’t about what reservations were originally intended for. At present, the point is how, even after having enough facilities, some people still justify reservations. Money gives you power and the position to overcome discrimination. That’s a fact. No matter how many arguments you make, it won’t change the reality. You’ll never see someone from the lower caste in certain positions being discriminated against because of their caste and that’s a fact.
P.S. My whole comment is specifically about Assam and the Northeast because, in her bio, she wrote that she is Assamese. Because of that, some of her points feel questionable (like using the title Kashyap). But yes, if she were born and raised in other parts of India, it could be the case.
As an upper cast ,I agree casteism exists in India. But how is it fair to give reservation to already rich st/sc people? What kind of compensation is this? How is that gonna fix anything?!?
Thats just unfair to us?!? Why are you geeting a reservation w a lower grade than me when I am the one w less money here.....? And I didnt even do anything?!? I was never mean to someone w a lower caste. Infact I didnt even care about all this until I found out about reservation...So yall also cant deny that your cast benefits you too.
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Not being mean to someone from the lower caste is the bare minimum ma'am. I get where you are coming from, seeing someone getting lower grades and still get into your dream uni, but even then you cannot deny the fact that people from low caste are being discriminated against even in todays world.. Just because you didn't see that happening doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Reservations exist for a reason, India before (and still is) was very biased towards the upper caste, there was a time when people from lower caste couldn't even touch the upper caste, let alone get the same opportunities as them, can you imagine how it would feel?
@ananyanair2182 But reservation isnt the solution to discrimination tho??? Like is it stopping anything ?NO. So why is it still going on? Only the economically backwards should get reservation not the rich ones.bevause liek I said earlier,WHAT KIND OF COMPENSATION IS THIS?
@ananyanair2182 Reservation only make people more casteist .Most upper caste youth doesnt even care about all this bs of hierarchy in caste and all.But they will still pass on casteist remarks to let their frustration out.
Start marrying in lower castes, the scenario will change. The same people who complain about reservations, wouldn't marry their children to lower caste officers.
How is someone wearing a janeu an act of casteism?
Wearing a janeu is not inherently an act of casteism-it is a religious or cultural practice for many. But it can be perceived as casteist in certain contexts because the janeu is historically tied to the varna system, which excludes Dalits and other marginalized communities. The practice has traditionally been a marker of caste privilege, signifying access to rituals and education that were denied to lower castes.
If someone wears a janeu without acknowledging its association with caste hierarchy, it may reinforce those historical inequities. On the other hand, if worn solely for personal or spiritual reasons, without any intent to uphold caste-based discrimination, it might not be seen as casteist.
@@dontmisimi okay okay I get it. But it's completely alright if one wears it to just practice their family traditions and not to show it off as a symbol of superiority as the janeu is hidden beneath the clothes right
It's okay to wear one. However, if you shove it in the face of a person of lower caste in order to flaunt your superior caste, then it is an act of castism.
Selective privilege gives birth to a society of untapped horror
@@smerdyakov_11 that is exactly what upper caste people were getting historically in India. Selective privileges. And now that lower caste people get to have an education these people feel threatened. Reservation is so that both upper and lower caste people have the same starting line; because most of the times, upper caste people have many advantages over their lower caste counterparts.
@@ramaadhav it's not the education for everyone that's "threatening". rather, it's the unfair privileges the rich "lower caste" folks get while the poor "upper caste" ones are denied the chances and are told this is equality and the only way to end casteism when all it's doing is increasing it.
The MAIN problem:
There is NO GENERAL SEAT RESERVATION, ITS OPEN SEAT ( MEANS ANYONE GEN ST SC OBC CAN GET IT ) generals are many times offended because they also want equal pedestral, cause suppose 70 percent is reserved, then 30 percent is open in also which ST SC OBC can get seats but general cannot.
so do you think we should have reservation for every category? Go and look up the % of people in general category. And go and read the reason why reservation is given. And one more thing, there isn't 70 % reservation, not in atleast the state i live(gujarat), and there are some states with such reservation, but there is reserved seats for some other category people also. And if you are gonna count 10% EWS seats and women category, then you should know that those are not on main seats but there are more seats added for such categories.
What about EWS???
Thats only in theory, most general seats are always filled by generals and plus you have ews too. SC have 15% reservation, their population is more than that, ST have 7% reservation their population is more than that, OBC have 27% reservation and their population is double of that. I dont think any reserved category is eating generals pie. Its all about representation
and also dont forget EWS
@@clot27 agar poori sc population jitna reservation hojayega toh sabke sab top govt clgs mein nahi baith jayenge bumbo?
@feather-l1g to kya dikkat hai? India ke population me 22-23% sc hai
Caste census islie jaruri hai
I'm Assamese American, and it is impossible to have a lot of meaningful conversations about caste in the Indian (and Assamese) diaspora in the states, because many of the Hindus in the USA are Brahmin and get very tense about the subject. Brahminism, caste discrimination and other such topics can make the energy in the room super awkward with the drop of a single word.
Also, going to Assam, I made friends with a girl who didn't share the surnames of either of her parents. It was only later that my father told me that people would give their children a "caste ambiguous" name to shield them from casteism. He was horrified that it was happening in Assam.
Okay, I need to get smth out:
Sc/st should convert to another religion because you can't just sit there and be discriminated for your love for this religion; Ask a lower-caste about how they feel about 'god-given inferiority'
if you watch the links i have shared, caste has spread to other religions in india as well
@@dontmisimi but still in buddhism there no caste system in India except in newar buddhist caste system in nepal... btw i think atheism is the best thing
So convert to Jainism.
@@haerinisinlovewithhanni they will convert but not leave reservations most of them convert to Buddhism so them can avail reservation despite converting to Buddhism U people day and night scold our gods
@@RA-pf2mt ya'll will hate reservations but never stop discriminating, not perhaps so different
And plus calling out your non-existent made up god stories is least we can do