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> [It has become impossible for India to talk about caste with any candour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/it-has-become-impossible-for-india-to-talk-about-caste-with-any/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

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> [It's never said out aloud, or in so many words, but for many urban, upper caste Indians, 'the backwards' are precisely that - citizens of the hinterland, ungainly and otherworldly - an inconvenient blemish on their shining, gleaming future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/it-s-never-said-out-aloud-or-in-so-many-words-but-for-many-urban/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

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- [B. R. Ambedkar 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caste/b-r-ambedkar/)

## More by Barkha Dutt

> [If you leave out the magnetic stardom of sportsmen and actors, middle-class India today really has just two heroes - the army and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/if-you-leave-out-the-magnetic-stardom-of-sportsmen-and-actors-middle/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [Women - whether in politics, media or business - can't have it both ways. We can't demand to be judged irrespective of our gender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/women-whether-in-politics-media-or-business-can-t-have-it-both-ways/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [I don't care if a flight attendant is fat as long as she doesn't sneak back to the galley for a gossip when she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/i-don-t-care-if-a-flight-attendant-is-fat-as-long-as-she-doesn-t/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [In 2020 we saw the poorest Indian citizen suffer as migrant workers, in the hundreds of thousands, fled the cities on foot, sometimes barefoot,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/in-2020-we-saw-the-poorest-indian-citizen-suffer-as-migrant-workers/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [Wherever I go, people complain about what they see on television. Yet, if you are lapping this up because it's random entertainment or from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/wherever-i-go-people-complain-about-what-they-see-on-television-yet/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [What other, newer democracies find relatively easy - conducting an election, the counting of votes, the peaceful transition of power - seems to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/what-other-newer-democracies-find-relatively-easy-conducting-an/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [Politics, by definition, is risk averse. Perhaps that's why America was so awestruck when Barack Obama ended the Black vs White debate by painting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/politics-by-definition-is-risk-averse-perhaps-that-s-why-america-was/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [In many ways, Ahmed Patel was the mind of Sonia Gandhi. Nearly everything we know about her publicly was constructed or revealed with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/in-many-ways-ahmed-patel-was-the-mind-of-sonia-gandhi-nearly/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [India cannot pretend anymore that none of its citizens fancy membership to the Global Jehad club. We need to examine where our secularism has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/india-cannot-pretend-anymore-that-none-of-its-citizens-fancy/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [Yes, fear and repression may be permanent citizens in Narendra Modi's Gujarat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/yes-fear-and-repression-may-be-permanent-citizens-in-narendra-modi-s/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [Much has already been said about the indisputable integrity of men such as AB Bardhan and Prakash Karat. So, why is it that while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/much-has-already-been-said-about-the-indisputable-integrity-of-men/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [The working conditions of Indian labourers in the Gulf countries are notoriously abusive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/the-working-conditions-of-indian-labourers-in-the-gulf-countries-are/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [I feel unabashedly Indian, and this means that not just do I jump to my feet and sing along with the national anthem, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/i-feel-unabashedly-indian-and-this-means-that-not-just-do-i-jump-to/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [Apart from democracy, globalisation and economic liberalism is our 20th century area of commonality with the U.S., the burgeoning numbers of skilled Indian workers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/apart-from-democracy-globalisation-and-economic-liberalism-is-our/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

> [The rise of Right-wing populism globally has divided not just countries, but families. It has broken relationships and torn apart friendships. It has created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barkha-dutt/the-rise-of-right-wing-populism-globally-has-divided-not-just/)

[Barkha Dutt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barkha-dutt/)

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