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a little servant boy?


their words, not mine. the caste system is alive and well, now it just has a capitalist tinge to it.


That's incorrect. In India, a small company office will have full time 'peon' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peon . This person will be responsible for various office chores, the main one being to get 'tea' from nearby teashop. [Imagine having an office boy here who gets a Starbucks coffee for you when asked.] This happens because in India, concept of 'vending machine' is not very popular and labor is cheap. A lot of times, young kid from a poor family seem to take up this job. This has nothing whatsoever to do with caste. I am from a smaller city in India and I haven't seen any caste system discrimination in my 24 years of living there.


> A lot of times, young kid from a poor family seem to take up this job. This has nothing whatsoever to do with caste.

Oh really?

Let me suggest that you're using "caste" in a somewhat different way than we are.


How much does such a boy (or girl?) typically get paid? Do the workers tip him/her or is it fixed wages?




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