Caste census or not, AI systems have already learnt enough to slot Indians by this identity marker

Or take matrimonial platforms, which have rebranded old family filters—caste, gotra (lineage), complexion, horoscope— as compatibility science. Digitization did not invent prejudice; it reduced its cost. A family that once vetted 20 candidates can now exclude 20,000 before breakfast, exclusion resembling consumer choice.