[pavanky]

One anecdote that struck me was that a cousin, someone a couple of decades older than I am and spent time in US since 1990s, openly admit to me that he was more open minded in India and became more caste conscious once he moved to the US.

I am not sure if he sounded regretful or just was sharing a fact of his life, but that really was weird.

[newacct583]

What caste is your cousin? One possibility is that in India his status was more secure, while in the US as an immigrant it was not and he found he needed to exploit leverage like this over other people that was implicit back home.

[pavanky]

He is not from a disadvantaged caste.