India now says it will try to reclaim crown jewel from UK

Associated Press ^ | Apr 20, 2016 1:03 AM EDT | Nirmala George

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A day after India’s solicitor general told the Supreme Court that it won’t request the return of the 106-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond, which is now part of the British crown jewels, the government reversed track and said it would work to bring the diamond back.

India’s solicitor general had said Monday that Britain shouldn’t have to give the diamond back, since it was given freely to the British in the mid-19^th century by the family of Punjab’s Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and had been “neither stolen nor forcibly taken by British rulers.” […]

The diamond is on display in the Tower of London, set in front of the Queen Mother’s crown. …

[Moltke]

“...but keep the foreign aid flowing, you Limey bastards!”

[Boogieman]

Yep, that is exactly how it is. Their caste system is still used to determine social status and the types of jobs you can do. So most of the people in the government, media, university professors, doctors, lawyers, are Brahmin. They do have popular elections so everyone gets a vote, but the Brahmins are the ones running the political parties, no matter who gets elected.

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Umm, not really! Lower caste leaders DO play a big role in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the most popular Prime Minister India has had in a few decades, is from a lower caste.

Caste sensitivities play a big role in how political parties position their policies and in nearly all government jobs and government institutions, people from the lower castes have affirmative action programs, which not only provide them opportunities but also lower the performance expectations.

Heck, in many states, Brahmins are now fighting for reservations given many are in/near poverty. The caste system is not a simple Brahmin versus lower caste affair; its far, far more complex than that. Many lower castes and sub-castes are at each other’s throats and the same goes for higher castes, which is one reason why the caste system still exists.