Most people correctly identified Sagarika Ghosh. Hers is a straight from Convent to Oxford story, which makes her a member of the uber privileged club. She is also the wife of CNN-IBN supremo Rajdeep Sardesai and a permanent fixture on the said channel.Ghoshes in West Bengal appear to belong to the Kayastha caste, although some Ghoses might belong to Gop (Gwala or Yadava equivalent) caste. Perhaps this might explain why the Ghoshes appear on admission lists (scroll down or search for "Ghosh") of WB colleges simultaneously as OBCs and non-OBCs.
Interestingly Ghoshes in Assam make the central list of OBCs, while the last name per se does not appear on the West Bengal OBC list. It is not clear how the distinction is made.
Interestingly the percentage of OBCs in the state of West Bengal is about 6 - 7% while more than 70% people in the state of Tamil Nadu are OBCs. The caste system never ceases to amaze.
I found another interesting article on the status of various castes in West Bengal. Apparently the then CM Jyoti Basu remarked before the Mandal Commission that in the state there were only two castes - the rich and the poor! Evidently the commies have modified their stance since.
It saddens me that the folks at Nandigram are bickering over a few acres of mediocre land while there is so much loot to be had. I recommend that they go on an indefinite strike till the OBC percentages are normalized between states.
Verdict: NOT OBC.
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Ok. .. so its Sagarika Ghosh. I just remembered the video posted at retributions, wherein Ram Jethmalani blasts away Sagarika Ghosh when she tries to pass value judgements on him (apart from the media tendency to act as the judge, jury and executioner) during the Manu Sharma case.
Typical.. daughter of an surely-incompetent possibly-corrupt Sarkari bureaucrat who could not even manage to keep his DD studios clean !!
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