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Article: Caste out: blatant rather than latent, caste is still alive--and kicking--in the West. Nikki van der Gaag reports.(CASTE IN THE WEST)
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- July 1, 2005
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DAVINDER Prasad is very proud of his daughters. His oldest, Rena, works in the media; the second is doing a degree in fashion and the youngest, Indira, named after India's former Prime Minister, is still at school. Davinder works as a laboratory manager in an American aerospace company and his wife Vimla is a teacher in a primary school.
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They live in a detached bungalow with beautiful wooden floors. Goldfish swim in a tank in the living room and on the walls hang wooden artefacts from India and a large framed photograph of the family in front of the Taj Mahal.
They do not, however, live in India, but in Britain. And ...