"I sent a copy of the NYT article to every Indian I know-unfortunately the PM or any politician did not qualify. It is shocking what the politicians are trying to do with caste census and I hope for once in their existence all Indians will raise their voice and refuse to go back to the dark ages."

David Fuller's view I felt it was a positive article. It takes a very long time for entrenched discriminatory practices to change, even with enlightened governance. What impressed me most was that people of the Nadar caste saw education rather than state intervention as their path to a better life.