In a little over two decades, the community once synonymous with the broking business has almost completely vacated the space to newer players.
On Gandhi Jayanti, Bihar released the results of its caste survey. Being the first instance of a state putting out such data, it naturally captured the imagination of the rest of the country. The survey put the cumulative share of extremely backward classes and other backward classes at over 63% of the 13 crore population. The so-called “forward” castes added up to a mere 15.5%.
This shouldn’t have come as a surprise. The survey only reaffirmed what was already known—that the backward classes comprise a sizeable chunk of the state’s population and, as a consequence, have had a lot of …
Surendar helps lead the newsroom at The Morning Context as executive editor. Over the years, Surendar has worked in industries from pharmaceuticals to diamonds, as well as a stint as an equity analyst. In his long career as a business journalist, he has led teams at The Times of India, India Today and Fortune India. He was part of the founding team at Forbes India and interned at and published in The Times, London.
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