“So Dalits are now diplomats?”
A dalit became president in 1997. And the largest Indian State is ruled by dalits. Diplomats are small potatoes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_political_positions_in_India#Scheduled_Castes_and_tribes
Now, the Indians who are Americanized are quite a different matter. I know many who have achieved greatly
mostly by abandoning such caste consciousness and embracing small-d democracy. I also have had some close encounters with Brahmin princesses and don not care to repeat the experience.