A lot of upper caste indians will tell you there's no caste system any more. I'm an upper caste indian and here's my experience looking for an apartment to ren

A lot of upper caste indians will tell you there's no caste system any more. I'm an upper caste indian and here's my experience looking for an apartment to rent in Chennai, India, in around the year 2000. I was repeatedly asked by potential-landlords if I was a brahmin (I'm not), and told they couldn't rent to me if I wasn't. It was my first trip to Chennai (I'm from the north), and I am pretty sure it's illegal to openly ask a potential tenant if they're a brahmin. But there was simply nothing I could do about it.