Actually, Sai Deepak mentions that 15% of those classified as SC/STs also wear the sacred thread. Of course, we know 'Shudras' have run empires in India and have held high status before the age of colonialism.
Unsuprising that the Western press and academia has the nuance of a brick, perhaps because their own history is so grotesquely checkered.
Unsuprising that the Western press and academia has the nuance of a brick, perhaps because their own history is so grotesquely checkered.