In theory, this already has happened: K. R. Narayanan, born into a poor Dalit family, served as India’s president, the highest office in the land, from 1997 to 2002. But the Indian Presidency is a largely ceremonial position: real power is vested in the office of prime minister, and no Dalit has come close to holding that post.
从理论上讲，这已经发生了：出生于一个贫穷贱民家庭的雷克南·纳拉亚南，从1997年到2002年间担任过印度总统，这是这个国家的最高职位。但是，印度的总统基本上是象征性的职位：真正的权力掌握在总理手中，而且从未有贱民的职位曾靠近过总理一职。自1947年独立以来，大多数的印度总理是由婆罗门人担任的，他们是印度教的最高种姓。