I would add that the US diplomats have been accorded facilities beyond the Convention. This includes the consular staff.
Further, the Indian Govt has allowed US diplomatic staff to being their "companions' into the country. Companions here mean same sex 'married' people.
Sec 377 of the Indian Penal Code declares homosexuality a criminal offence.
There is a clamour that these diplomatic staff have broken Indian Laws and so they must be prosecuted under Indian Laws since they have broken Indian Laws.
Further, the Indian staff in the US Embassy and the Consulates, which are taken to be sovereign US territory, are paid less than US rates of pay.
Why are the US diplomats not being subjected to the same treatment as Ms Khobragade when they are blatantly flouting US laws?
In India it is felt that the US has double standards.
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No, you are not being inflammatory.At the risk of being inflammatory, what caste is the maid and what caste is the diplomat? Who is higher in the caste pecking order?
It is just that you feel caste is a big deal in India, To be frank it is not as is imputed by foreigners.
However, to answer your question.
Both are SCHEDULED CASTE!
Therefore the idea that high caste vs low caste is at play is not there.
It also shows that caste does not play any major role in India, unlike what is popularly felt abroad, as the whole nation is inflamed, debunking that caste plays a role in asking for justice and fairplay.
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