Cannot help but admire how western armchair experts readily attributes caste and class to every problem in India. This is equivalent to saying all the white folks in the US are rich. It's not that easy or that black and white (pun intended). The biggest driver of social mobility is the economic status as is in every other country. Coming from a wealthy background opens a lot of doors. There are a lot of filthy rich folks who are from the "lower" class and there are dirt poor folks who are from the "upper" class. Really looking forward to the caste survey/census being planned after next year's elections. Though I suspect the political class will either try to delay it again (as has been done multiple times before) or manipulate the data to suit their narrative.