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I am defining the “new India” as places that have the feeling as if they are moving forward, offering better lives and opportunities for the people there. I am not necessarily delineating old vs new based on how Western a given place is. Though certain Western values are good signs of the new India, from my perspective. One example is rewarding people based on merit rather than caste or family lineage.
The “old India” is obviously more caste based and family/tribe based. In the times that those social structures were developed, they served valuable purposes. No question of that. But in the new India, they can be hindrances as much as support systems.
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