#37 Caste in America

In this 5 panel podcast we will try to dissect if Indian communities have exported the caste system along with them to the USA. What are the subtle and open ways in which caste operates among Indian communities in tech companies, academia, cultural organisation and many other spheres. This podcast doesn’t have any corporate funding or support so the contribution by listeners is very important for its survival. Please support it here: 1. Patreon (Most preferred medium) : https://www.patreon.com/anuragminusverma 2. BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Anuragminus 3. InstaMojo:(UPI/Gpay/PayTm) : https://www.instamojo.com/@anuragminusverma/ 4. PayPal (ONLY People living outside India can pay through it) : https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/AnuragMinusVerma?locale.x=en_GB Guests in the podcast : 1. Anil Wagde:  Anil is a Computer Science engineer, did MSc Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and MBA from IIM Calcutta. He is a senior IT professional having worked with multinational IT corporations at senior positions. He also worked closely with Ambedkar International Center to file an Amicus Brief in Cisco Caste Discrimination case. You can get in touch with him on [email protected] 2. Prashant Nema : Prashant has spent twenty years in big tech in USA including companies like Microsoft and Facebook (Meta). 3. Periyaar Dasan: Periyaar is an IT Tech Professional, spent 20+ years in US Internet Tech giants in India & US, currently he lives in Bay Area for the past 12 yrs. 4. Pallavi Rao: Pallavi is an Assistant Professor at a public university in the US. 5. Kaustubh Naik : Kaustubh is a PhD scholar in America. Here are some of the links which might be useful to understand some of the context to discussion: Cisco Case: https://thewire.in/caste/cisco-case-caste-discrimination-silicon-valley-ambedkar-organisations Prop 16 : https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/asian-american-organizations-applaud-defeat-of-proposition-16-banning-affirmative-action/article_603796c4-22b2-11eb-aedf-7f341eed046b.html Textbook controversy: https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/californias-textbooks-war-reveals-mounting-influence-hindutva-united-states A Right wing influencer living in the USA called me ‘Brown Sepoy’ : https://twitter.com/sankrant/status/1459776278186237959 More on Caste bias in tech:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/27/indian-caste-bias-silicon-valley/ Credit for music : 🎵 Song: 'Tokyo Music Walker - Way Home' is under a creative commons license . https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3lLfvhpPGtwd5qD25cMDcA