Caste feeling in India can be compared to racism in the west. While Westerners are trying hard to control racism, the politics in India is fueling Caste feeling. National media pointed out Andhra Pradesh in the south to be the major region which is sensitive to Caste.
The Telugu Caste war is now being seen in USA. Recently Caste based conflict in Cisco turned to be the hot topic in the entire silicon valley. Now, HCL America witnessed Telugu Caste war in USA. As per the story, an employee who is said to be belonging to Kapu Naidu caste got poor reviews from a superior belonging to Kamma Naidu community. It seems that this employee has good ratings in the past and after the new superior came into picture, the situation between them turned depressing.
Adding to this, the superior is said to have shouted on the employee in review meetings and the employee reported it to the higher management in HCL. As no action was taken, he went ahead and filed a lawsuit against HCL.
While India is feeling proud to be the best supplier of intelligent Software Engineers to the world, Caste feeling is making Indians look bad in abroad. If this sort of situations continue, Indians may lose their respect and opportunities in foreign land.