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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: GST who wrote (159811)3/29/2005 6:53:48 PM
From: Sam Citron  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
We are not in sync with India on the major issues of social structure and mobility.

You are right: affirmative action is very much the law of the land in India, whereas it has fallen into disrepute here in USA. India has come a long way since Mahatma Gandhi declared untouchables 'harijans' or children of God, and the Indian constitution enshrined affirmative action including setting quotas for guaranteed places in university for members of the so-called scheduled castes. While caste system remains very much alive in rural India today and certainly prevents India from achieving its potential, as you say, urbanization and modernization have weakened caste system considerably. Much is going on at the development front to assist untouchables and adivasis (tribals). Additionally, untouchables have attained high office in many regions of the country.

Most everywhere in the world, including US, China and India, the rich seem to be getting richer and the poorer seem to be getting poorer. Economists measure disparity of wealth in a society by a measure called the gini coefficient. If you can demonstrate that China's gini coefficient is moving in the right direction relative to India, however, I will concede your main point.

Sam
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